(Smith/Ray) I took a walk out to the sun But I just, just couldn't take it I followed a dream It was circular But I just, just could not fake it Step to the left the left the left Step to the right the right the right Pick up the sign the sign the sign For a stride of the mind the mind Simon of the desert blew into town On the scalding tail of a bright cold wind Slipped through the sand Footprints emerged Where no one was walking Simon had been Dropped from heaven To a ready made world Said I'm no Sufi But I'll give it a whirl We booked passage on the Book of the Dead Time to travel Simon said Step to the left the left the left Step to the right the right the right Pick up the sign the sign the sign On the stride of the mind the mind the mind Come on move where dreams increase Where every man is a masterpiece If you want to be counted As another kind And you're true, pursue Stride of the mind the mind the mind... He bowed three times Removed his fez Pointed to heaven And Simon says The mind the mind the mind Pick up the sign the mind the mind It's a vertical climb the climb the climb Stride of the mind the mind the mind Pick up the sign the sign the sign It's a vertical climb the climb Take it in stride
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