Japan - Vertical Horizon

Well I saw a young man by a telephone

He was sitting alone in the rain

I said hey young man what you doing there

And he said sir I’m going insane

He said sir I’m going insane

You see I love an American beauty

But nobody here understands

Then he looked to the sky with resentment in his eyes

And said Lord why am I in Japan

Oh Lord why am I in Japan

Then he told me a story about yesterday

When he walked in the search of a friend

But nobody came to his rescue

And he came to his bitter end

He pulled me close and said they all stopped and stared

As I walked down the street all alone

Nobody knew my name

Nobody knew my name

I said young man I know where you’re going

And young man I know where you’ve been

For I’ve been in this land for a lifetime it seems

And I’m never to come back again

No I’m never to come back again

So I turned and I gave him my blessing

And I left him alone in the rain

But I had to just stop and laugh at myself

Still nobody knows my name

Nobody knows my name…