Verse 1In The Moat Of The Castle Was Where The Duke Of Something's Wife DrownedAnd The Eyes Of Her Portrait Seemed To Follow Him AroundThe Bank Foreclosed On His Dungeon When The Duke Was Late In PayingAnd Now He Looks At Her Picture And He Seems To Hear It Saying"What's It Like To Be Alive?"ChorusAnd She's Got No Answer To ThatShe's Got No Answer That She Can HearThough She May Wonder, She Doesn't Get An AnswerVerse 2Framed In The Diorama Is The Art Of The TaxidermistRealistically Frozen As It's Pouncing With A GrimaceLight Gleams Off Of The Marbles In The Sockets Where Its Eyes WereAnd Every Time They Twinkle It's Like A Question From The Tiger"What's It Like To Be Alive?"ChorusAnd He Gets No Answer To ThatHe Gets No Answer, He Won't KnowHe'll Always Wonder, He Doesn't Get An AnswerBridgeClose The Window When You Hear The Howling WindIt's Just A Query And You Mustn't Let It InVerse 3On The Southeast Expressway, Where They Found The Empty StrollerBeing Blown By The Traffic Through The Trash Along The ShoulderWas It The Ghost Of Somebody Who Decided Not To BeginAnd Under The Sound Of The Car Horns Can You Hear A Small Voice Asking"What's It Like To Be Alive?"ChorusAnd There Is No Answer To ThatThere Is No Answer, No One TellsThere Is No Answer, There Isn't Any AnswerAnd They Get No Answer To ThatThey Get No Answer They Can HearThough They May Wonder, There Isn't Any Answer