kansas - three pretenders lyrics

(billy greer / steve morse / steve walsh)
three pretenders forced their entry
there wasn't time to defend or attack
somewhere inside i held their fury
but one by one my defenses began to crack

the first became a voice from my childhood
without a world to call his own
asking questions but doubting the answers
and too confused to stand up and face it alone

i can feel my body tremble
like an animal under the gun
can you feel your body tremble
look in and see the eyes of three pretenders

the second came a shadowy hustler
selling anything not nailed to the ground
he put a price on my resistance
and if it's high, i know he'll be marking it down

the third became a mysterious traveller
stormy words like sea-weathered sails
his life was scarred with peaks and valleys
a haunted kingdom crumbling against the gales

i can feel my body tremble
like a child afraid of the dark
can you feel your body tremble
look in and see the eyes of three pretenders