i was in a really dark place i even thought of packing it in but i just could not bring myself to do it i met an old friend that i had a real connection with and he saw my despair he asked me if id like to play with him and as we played i felt slowly but surely rock n roll grabbed me by the neck and i well you are a man of impeccable taste and you know when the x marks the spot we all need a map for the trail of your thought where to go well the x marks the spot you seem to have a misgiving hell yeah you make a living don t add bricks to what we re heaving we would so much rather enjoy the beach beer and a fire you think something somewhere has a copyright for the world and you ve signed where the x marks the spot you join a cult fill the void that you ve got deep within where the x marks the spot  there you stand and talk and holler how dark are all your colors when you paint another sunrise you leave out the sun birds like you fly straight to heaven heaven or they slowly float away how well do you know those you re calling your own i mean come on dude your starving soul in your house of skin and bone you re an island the x marks the spot testify children testify there you stand and talk and holler how dark are all your colors when you paint another sunrise you leave out the sun birds like you fly straight to heaven heaven or they slowly float away birds like you fly straight to heaven heaven or they slowly float away rocknroll allowed me to join this band and there was a period of time when i hadnt exactly lost my soul i just didnt know where id put it and i ended up in some very dark places and some dire circumstances now let me tell you children i was trying to fill a void in my heart to fill that void i got what i always wanted success prosperity the admiration i d wanted as a player i got a place in big shows and traveled the world from end to end and the next of it all i had this yearning in my heart yearning in my heart for rocknroll i was called to join this band and i was surrounded by good folks there and servants of the rocknroll who passed on the love ill testify the fear was in me i was afraid of everything i can swear i saw my own living heart beating through my shirt you are a circus but where is the clown there s no map still the x marks the spot there you stand and talk and holler how dark are all your colors when you paint another sunrise you leave out the sun birds like you fly straight to heaven heaven or they slowly float down into the night with senior john barleycorn aye yai yai heaven heaven or they slowly float away now you children are you ready to spread the word everybody sing eo everybody say wohoho everybody sing hey hey woah oh hey hey huh birds like you fly straight to heaven heaven or they slowly float away birds like you fly straight to heaven heaven or they slowly float away and the funny thing was i was like a spiritual baby running around with diapers on where the x marks the spot i d given my life to rock n roll but i still wasn t sure was there rock n roll is it real 