IntroVerseLying On My Bed, I Was Reading French With The Light Too Bright For My SensesFrom This Hiding Place Life Was Way Too Much It Was Loud And Rough Round The EdgesSo I Faced The Wall When An Old Man Called Out Of Dreams That I Would Die ThereBut A Sight Unseen, You Were Pulling Strings You Had A Different IdeaI Was Like A Child,I Was Lying Strong And My Father Lifted Me Up ThereTook Me To A Place Where They Checked My BodyMy Soul Was Floating In Thin-AirI Clung To The Bed And I Clung To The PastI Clung To The Welcome DarknessBut At The End Of The Night There's A Green Green LightThe Quiet Before The MadnessThere Was A Girl That Sang Like The Chime Of A BellAnd She Put Out Her Arm,She Touched Me When I Was In Hell When I Was In HellVerse 2Someone Sang A Song And I Sang Along CauseI Knew The Words From My ChildhoodIntellect Ambition They Fell AwayAnd They Locked Me Up For My Own GoodBut I Didn't Mind, Cause The Silence Was KindIt Spoke To Me In WhispersThere Was The Sound Of The Wind An The Cold Cold Dawn An The Quiet Hum Of BusinessLet Me Dangle Awhile In This Waiting Room I Don't Need To GoI Don't Need To Know What You're Doing Know What You're DoingInstrumentsVerse 3Lying On My Side You Were Half AwakeAnd Your Face Was Tired And CrumpledIf I Had A Camera I'd Snap You NowCause There's Beauty In Every StumbleWe Are Out Of Practice We're Out Of SightOn The Edge Of Nobody's EmpireAnd If We Live By Books And We Live By HopeDoes That Make Us Targets For Gunfire?Verse 4Now I Look At You, You're A Mother Of Two You're A Quiet RevolutionMarching With The Crowd,Singing Dirty And Loud For The People's EmancipationDid I Do Okay, Did I Pave The Way? Was I Strong When You Were Wanting?I Was Tied To The Yoke With A Decent BlokeWho Was Stern But Never DauntingAnd He Told Me To Push And He Made Me Feel Well He Told To Me To LeaveThat Vision Of Hell To The Dying Oh To The DyingOutro
