David Crosby Compass Lyrics

Compass Lyrics

Intro. (Acoustic Guitar)



I have wasted ten years in a (flind **) blind-fold



Ten-fold more than I've invested now in sight



I have traveled beveled mirrors in a fly crawl



Losing the reflection of a fight







But like a compass seeking north



There lives in me a still sure spirit part



Clouds of doubt are cut asunder



By the lightning and the thunder



Shining from the compass of my heart







I have flown the frantic flight of the bat-wing



And only known the dark because of that



I have seized death's door-handle



Like a fish out of the water



Waiting, waiting for the mercy of the cat







But like a compass seeking north



There lives in me a still sure spirit part



Clouds of doubt are cut asunder



By the lightning and the thunder



Shining from the compass of my heart







 1987 Stay Straight Music (BMI)



** Crosby error was going to say 'flind-bold' and corrected himself