Shortcut To Somewhere

<br>He was a fallen angel from the Tower of Babble<br>Strung out on the high wire<br>Another skyline drifter an immaculate stranger<br>A legend for the wild west end<br>So when you`re running in the slipstream of the ratrace veterans<br>Only one thing left to do<br>Take a breath slide away Quicksilver<br>The clean cut easy way through<br>It`s no Easy Rider ain`t no Midnight Cowboy<br>Took his place at the starting line<br>Cos he left you behind with his reputation<br>Lone Ranger still fresh in our minds<br>So when you`ve worked out the problems and you`ve worked out the angles<br>And you`ve worked out what you wanted to do<br>Take a breath slide away Quicksilver<br>The only style that you ever knew<br>Everyone`s wanting a shortcut to somewhere<br>Everyone`s needing someone to look up to<br>Everyone`s looking for somebody`s hero<br>Are they nowhere to be found?<br>With the high heels clicking out the avenue semaphore<br>Tapping out a serious distress<br>To yesterdays zeros those reluctant young heroes<br>Need a light to lead them out of this mess<br>So when you`re running in the slipstream of the ratrace veterans<br>Only one thing left to do<br>Take a breath slide away Quicksilver<br>It`s a clean cut easy way through<br>He was a fallen angel from the Tower of Babble<br>Strung up on the high wire<br>Another skyline drifter an immaculate stranger<br>A legend for the wild west end<br>So when you`ve worked out the problems and you`ve worked out the angles<br>And you`ve worked out what you wanted to do<br>Take a breath slide away Quicksilver<br>The only style that you ever knew<br>Everyone`s wanting a shortcut to somewhere<br>Everyone`s needing someone to look up to<br>Everyone`s looking for somebody`s hero<br>Are they nowhere to be found?