IntroVerse 1You Play The Changes, Watch The StarsLook For New Gods And Number The YearsSince You Lost Your Nerve And Let The Lady Into Your HeadYou Fly The Snowflakes Down And DownAnd Join The Circus You're The ClownBut When You're In The Ring Your Friends Have Run Away And Left You For DeadChorusWhen The Boy Was Born And Laughing At The WorldThen Was Day, Then Was Play, Then Was LoveWhen The Sun Was Young And Flying Over The SkyThen Was Day, Then Was Play, Then Was LoveInstrumentalVerse 2You Went To The People Played Their Desp'rate GamesYou Turned Your Mind All Around Their RhymesBut Your Reason Had Gone, You're Yearning For Your LadyThey Climbed The Ladder, They've Joined The QueueFriends And Strangers Ignoring YouAnd Now Your, Your Time And Tide Is Up The Years Are Rolling AwayChorusWhen The Boy Was Born And Laughing At The WorldThen Was Day, Then Was Play, Then Was LoveWhen The Sun Was Young And Flying Over The SkyThen Was Day, Then Was Play, Then Was LoveInstrumentalVerse 3You Fly The Snowflakes Down And DownAnd Join The Circus You're The ClownBut When You're In The Ring Your Friends Have Run Away And Left You For DeadChorusWhen The Boy Was Born And Laughing At The WorldThen Was Day, Then Was Play, Then Was LoveWhen The Sun Was Young And Flying Over The SkyThen Was Day, Then Was Play, Then Was LoveOutroThe Boy Is Old And Longing For The NightOn His Own, Cold As Stone, He Goes Down
