Nowhere Else To Go

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Today fuel is no bargain and the roads are wide and long.
There’s an all-night café nearby and they make the coffee strong.
They say that travel often helps a youthful mind to grow,
But you knew before you began, there was nowhere else to go.

A cruise ship for the Balkan states is leaving here next week,
With a gourmet galley underneath a halo on its peak.
And it really doesn’t matter if it travels fast or slow,
’Cause you knew before you began, there was nowhere else to go.

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CHORUS

Home, before you had begun, there was nowhere else to go.
(Home … you knew right at the start, no … where else to go?)

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So if you think your happiness lies always further east
And urges feast upon your soul like some internal beast,
Then keep in mind before you pack your bags for Tokyo
That it matters not how you try, there was nowhere else to go.

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from Advent (abridged), released April 10, 1997
music composed by Henry Ptak & Mark Ptak/lyrics by Arthur Hoffman

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Perhaps a modern equivalent to the symphonic side of classic English progressive-rock groups like Gentle Giant, (early) Genesis, and Procol Harum, but with a little Tubes-style funk and the occasional jazz-rock flourish as well, Advent seeks to blend true classical-quality composition with the excitement and dynamics of rock music. ... more

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