Mandalay

	I traced the footsteps through the multi-colored avenues
	That wind their way down to the sea
	I see the birds that fly beneath the darkened sky
	They are the messengers of dreams

		Mandalay, now I know what you try to be
		Mandalay, now I wish you were here with me

	Pages filled with science fiction
	Without fear of contradiction
	Walking through the fields of evergreen
	I see a turn and walk away
	And from the east there comes a breeze
	That flows up high into the blue

		Mandalay, now I know what you try to be
		Mandalay, now I wish you were here with me

	The sound of retribution
	In total disillusion, Mandalay

		Mandalay, now I know what you try to be
		Mandalay, now I wish you were here with me

	Admidst the confusion
	The only conclusion

	Mandalay of the misty eyes
	have gazed into the coming door
	The leaves that turn to gold and brown
	I've watched them falling to the ground

		Mandalay, now I know what you try to be
		Mandalay, now I wish you were here with me


- Jeff Lynne


Rare B-Side from the 1990 CD - Afterglow -

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