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Five hundred years ago the world was covered with greenery

And no observer to turn it into scenery

Things were more of a mystery than they are today

But then some say we had more knowledge in those days

And people in tall ships would say

«Man, we just sailed back from a land where the people walk on their hands»

No one could understand because there was no Discovery Channel

The boats were powered by paddles, and words were purged in battle

And now travelling back through the pages of history

All these things just seem like more of a mystery

We know there’s no land where people walk on their hands

But the knowledge that the ancient people still don’t understand

John Manderville said he saw people with two heads

But I never heard of no documentary on them

But why would you lie about something so incredibly unbelievable?

It just boggles the mind, I can’t conceive of that at all

So maybe the people with two heads and the people with tails

And the people who stand on their head and all that aren’t dead

But when the tall ships came with their smoke and their flame

All these people just went…

Underground, underground, underground, underground

Underground, underground, underground, underground…

I had a friend who died a number of years ago

But before he went he did some interesting things

So incredibly indelible the memory of things he showed me

That inspired me and made the world glow for a moment/made the wet streets

glow/made the suburban streets sing

An inter-suburban adventurer who wandered the streets

Through the silence and the darkness that made life sweet

And he told me one day everything that happened to him

When he was tripping on acid just watching the world swim

He met an Indian chief just like in that Doors movie with Val Kilmer

Except that this was no film, this was real —

They communicated in a secret language

That can only be spoken by the holy and the brain damaged

And as they spoke well it started to rain

At first just a few drops then like a plane in Spain

«Don't worry», said the chief, «I'll take you somewhere dry»

And he led him through the rivers of the city of the night

He led him through the rivers of the city of the night

After so many twists and turns, they lost count

The chief came to a door that seemed to jump straight out of nothing

My friend was out of breath, he was puffing

The chief opened the door and said «Come on in

It’s perfectly dry in here, let’s get out of the wind»

And they both stepped in and the steps went down…

Underground, underground, underground, underground

Underground, underground, underground, underground…

Now my friend claimed they travelled through a storm water drain

That somehow managed to stay dry and out of the rain

And after saying sometime they came to a strange subterranean cavern

That was filled with light and people who were very strange

People walking around on their hands

And people with two heads arguing over which way to dance

And people with tails and giants and she-males

And animals that looked like they’d just stepped out of fairy tales

Apparently they were all just drinking beer

Having a good time, just like you or I

And I still don’t know if I believe him but he swears that this was true

Still we all know the funny things that acid can do

Anyway this friend died like five years ago

So I guess maybe now well I’ll never never know

And one day I too might make a bad mistake

Or else live to one hundred where the future awaits

But one year or one hundred well it’s really the same

Just a snow flake that melts into rain

Anyway what I’m saying is that one day I’ll close my eyes

And never ever open them again in this life

Then I’ll go where people go when they go beyond time…

Underground, underground, underground, underground

Underground, underground, underground, underground…

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