Lyrics When the Dragon Came Down - Shel

Lay your head down
Close your eyes
Sleeping on a golden bed
Cold as ice

Oh, is she really gone?
I lost my queen along with my crown
When the dragon came down
Oh, deep within my sleep
Awakened by the sound of her scream
The dragon came down like a dream

The news gets worse every day
Read my paper, pull my weight
Head buried in the sand
Truth can free a common man
Wisdom take me by the hand
Help me understand...

The dragon came down

See the sun rise in the East
Evil wakes one who can't sleep

Oh, is she really gone?
I lost my queen along with my crown
When the dragon came down
Oh, deep within my sleep
Awakened by the sound of her scream
The dragon came down like a dream

The news gets worse every day
Read my paper, pull my weight
Head buried in the sand
Truth can free a common man
Wisdom take me by the hand
Help me understand...

You're a man with a broken soul
You're a king who rules alone
You're a cripple without a home
You're a bird struck by a stone
Better cut my tongue out now
Before I speak the truth too loud
'Fore the hope we've lost is found
'Fore the world is wakened by this sound
By this sound

When the dragon came down

Oh, is she really gone?
I lost my queen along with my crown
When the dragon came down...