.
You !
Long time ago . . .
Indigo . . . ha !
What a name
There on 22nd street south
. . . Midnight's Voice . . .
Remember ?
We were young . . .
real , mean and lean . . .
invincible !
or so it seemed
Those nighthawks in the night sky . . .
diving in the lights
And those inside the bar
looking for a light
It was "Us" and "Them"
and anyone else foolish enough to join
Money was short
but we always made do
Red Mountain . . .
Vulcan . . . before the cage
Jones Valley . . . down below
Everything was up
turn around
and come down
God I loved that Mountaim
. . . it vibrated in magic
Long live the magic . . .
that I've lost
Living within but without
. . . how I wish you were here
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Tribute to the early 1970's
Birmingham , Alabama
Vulcan - the largest cast iron statue in the world . Made in the image of the God Vulcan sitting on top of Red Mountain . At the time open free to the public 24 hours a day with stairs going up to the top of the head where a 360° balcony overlooked Jones Valley down below . Later so called improvements imposed a hefty entrance fee , an elevator replacing the stairs , and a cage built around the balcony and only open from 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. seven days a week . All of which ruined the magic of seeing uninterrupted views , sunrises and sunsets , stars and lights of the valley below .
Midnight's Voice - a bar downtown Southside where bands played
Nighthawks - a band from Washington D.C. that played often at Midnight's Voice
Indigo - Vietnam vet . I don't know if he was crazy
before 'Nam' but he sure was after . Real name was Ray . Could play one hell of a guitar especially when he got together with Mike McEachern .
It will always be . . . (us , us , us , us , us and them , them , them , them , them . . . after all we were only ordinary men) Pink Floyd