Faustifications

(O'Malley/O'Malley)

I have studied the ancient philosophies

The laws of great civilizations

I have studied the arts through our histories

And the rise and fall of seven nations

But all I really want

Is for you to come to me

I have sifted through the bones of dinosaurs and men

Read books that were meager and great

Studied religions from all around the world

And argued about free will and fate

But all I really want

Is for you to come to me

Every ancient volume seems written just for you

All that's human passion through the ages

Fallen from my senses, my heart can't stand alone

Surrounded by the press of naked pages

I would never sell my soul for you

If you came you would not find me there

This devil and this angel sitting on my shoulders

Are shouting into thin air

Because all I really want to know

all I really want to know