Prisoner Of This Mind

C C F C C C F C Oh the rustling leaves of the Mango tree, cool grass beneath my feet, C C G F C your warm hand strokes my face, smiling oh so sweet, F F C C see you talking can’t hear what you say, lost in the ocean breeze, F F G G an old familiar sound shivers me through, some morning ghost calling me, C C F C and I woke up again, shackled, dark, shadows saying how can this be, C C G F C on the wall, scratch another mark, what is it like to be free, F F C C many years, long ago, freedom’s hope became never, F F G G a vengeful state a traded soul, now banished here forever, C C F C and it’s empty days, darkest nights, time here never ends, C C G F C no shades of colour no hints of light, no faces, foe or friend, F F C C walls of stone, bars of steel, seems a dream every time, F F G G are these stone walls really real or just a prisoner of this mind, C C F C shadows laughing, wake me up, open just one eye, C C G F C through the haze the sun is smiling, the bluest, bluest sky. F F C C no walls of stone, no bars of steel, this cloud is silver lined, F F G G is this blue sky, really real or just a prisoner of this mind, C C F C Oh the rustling leaves of the Mango tree, cool grass beneath my feet, C C G F C your warm hand strokes my face, smiling oh so sweet, F F C C see you talking can’t hear what you say, lost in the ocean breeze, F F G G an old familiar sound shivers me through, that morning ghost calling me, Final Verse C C F C and its walls of stone, bars of steel, seems a dream every time, C C G F C is this dream really real or just a prisoner of this mind, F C G F C is this dream really real or just a prisoner of this mind, G F C G F C G F C prisoner of this mind, prisoner of this mind.