Shadow Play

Rory Gallagher · Notes From San Francisco [2011]

In the flinty light, it's midnight and stars collide

Shadows run, in full flight, to run, seek and hide

Well, I'm still not sure what part I play

In this shadow play, this shadow play



In the half light, on this mad night

I hear a voice in time

Well, I look back, see a half-smile

Then it's gone from sight



Won't you tell me how I can find my way?

In this shadow play, this shadow play

In this shadow play, this shadow play



Sounds come crashing and I hear laughing

All those lights just blaze away

I feel a little strange inside

A little bit of Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde



Sounds come crashing and I hear laughing?

All those lights just blaze away

I feel a little strange inside

A little Mr. Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde



Thoughts run wild, free as a child, into the night

Across the screen a thin beam, of magic light

Yeah, things they just don't look the same

In this shadow play, this shadow play



Shadow play, shadow play

I can't run away from this shadow play

Shadow play, this shadow play