Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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I used to like to walk the straight and narrow line
I used to think that everything was fine
Sometimes I'd like to sit and gaze for days through sleepless dreams
All alone and trapped in time
All alone and trapped in time

I wonder what tomorrow has in mind for me
Or am I even in it's mind at all?
Perhaps I'll get a chance to look ahead and see
Soon as I find myself a crystal ball
Soon as I find myself a crystal ball

Tell me, tell me where I'm going
I don't know where I've been
Tell me, tell me, won't you tell me
And then tell me again

My heart is breaking, my body's aching
And I don't know where to go
Tell me, tell me, won't you tell me
I've just got to know

(Crystal ball)
There's so many things I need to know
(Crystal ball)
There's so many things I've got to know
(Crystal ball)
Won't you tell me, please, before I go
(Crystal ball)

Tell me, tell me where I'm going
I don't know where I've been
Tell me, tell me, won't you tell me
And then tell me again

My heart is breaking, my body's aching
And I don't know where to go
Tell me, tell me, won't you tell me
I've just got to know

(Crystal ball)
There's so many things I need to know
(Crystal ball)
There's so many things I've got to know
(Crystal ball)
Won't you tell me, please, before I go
(Crystal ball)


Written by: Tommy R. Shaw
Album: Crystal Ball
Released: 1976