IML - I Want To Be A Rider
Channel: Intercontinental Music Lab
Date: 2012-04-04

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Subject: Kaspar Hauser 
Music by Rob Fisher, Lyrics by Kelly Hoglund & Tim Donderevo, Vocals by Kelly Hoglund

Lyrics:
In his right hand a prayer-book -- strange words from his mouth
Take him in or hang him in your chimney, liebe herr
Taught to write and learned to love -- enigma of the town
Now you have both thoughts and wishes --  say them in your prayers

I want to be a rider
I want to be a rider
As my father was -- (whoever he may be)
[spoken]  Here lies Kaspar Hauser -- riddle of his time
His birth was an enigma -- his death a wilful crime

In the care of a jailer -- twelve years in the gloom
Dispossessed of intelect, rocking in the dark
Bitter poison in his water -- strangers in his room
They cut his nails and guide his hands, and never touch his heart

I want to be a rider
I want to be a rider
As my father was -- (whoever he may be)
Here lies Kaspar Hauser -- riddle of his time
His birth was an enigma -- his death a wilful crime

Break him down, take him down
To the limits of one man's desperation
All you gave -- suddenly taken away
From birth to the grave
You denied and betrayed his rightful name

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