I was there in the beginningnI will be the last to leavenAnd I'm movin' through the agesnWith the comfort of GodspeednnThere is no such thing as perfect so I might apologisenThat I didn't see the darkness in your eyesnIn your eyesnnI'm a man of many coloursnI'm a man of many namesnI'm a rebel and a teachernI am no-one just the samennIf I give away the answers, you have questions put on holdnBut I didn't see the weakness in your soulnnLove is the only answernLove's what you feelnIn the end you can invest in lovenBut never ask for paybacknnI've been travellin' every roadsidenI been sailin' every seanI been circlin' like in orbitn'Round that cosmic Christmas treennYou think science is a fact, but it's just a childish gamenAnd they never saw the greatness of a gamennLove is the only answernLove's what you feelnIn the end you can invest in lovenBut never ask fornnLove is the only answernLove's what you feelnIn the end you can invest in lovenBut never ask for paybacknnSaw the craziness begin on a cold race straight to HellnThere ten more hours ago, we just waitin' for the bellnNot much time for small talk now, besides to Heaven and the nailnBringing out the muscles for the shadows never failnnWhere did all the goodness go?nI feel alonenSuddenly they're just crawling out like from under a stonennLove is the only answernLove's what you feelnIn the end you can invest in lovenBut never ask for paybacknNo, JacknnLook when you stand on the brink of that dark holenIt's like the world just collapsed into spacenIf you look for a trace of redemptionnYou're not likely to find in this placennI've always looked for good in everyonenI've seen so many places under the sunnNow, then they ought'a let me downnIt's just you and me and timenI'm a king who lost his crownnI bid you bread and winennI always hoped that love was in your eyesnNow I sacrifice to find out if I was rightnNow, then they ought'a let me downnIt's just you and me and timenI'm a king who lost his crownnI bid you bread and winennWhere did all the goodness, where did all love go?nWhere is all the kindness?nCannot find a homenFirst you bring me up and then you break me downnI don't want your money, I just want your timennWorld is getting older nownWorld is getting colder nownEagle's getting biggernThis playground for the wickednnNo-one's really listenin'nNo room for the reasonin'nThe cash machine just opened up it's drawersnSo now it's jigglin'nnLook when you stand on the brink of that dark holenIt's like the world just collapsed into spacenIf you look for a trace of redemptionnYou're not likely to find in this placennLook when you stand on the brink of that dark holenIt's like the world just collapsed into spacenIf you look for a trace of redemptionnYou're not likely to find in this placennI was here in the beginningnI will be the last to leavenYou've been told so many times beforenThat the truth will set you freennBut still you fabricate your dreamsnOn greed and lust and famenBring shame upon your namenIt's so damn hard to elevatennIf I speak to you with claritynAnd you read me back alrightnSo that words may go like chefs of lightnInto the darkest nightnnThere's no way out of herenThere's no way out of herennThere's no way out of herennI was here in the beginningnI will be the last to leavenAnd I'm movin' through the agesnWith the comfort of GodspeednnThere is no such thing as perfectnSo I might apologisenThat I didn't see the darkness in your eyesnnLove is the only answernLove's what you feelnIn the end you can invest in lovenBut never ask for paybacknnLove is the only answernLove's what you feelnIn the end you can invest in lovenBut never ask for payback