You can feel the waves coming on
(It’s time to take the time)
Let them destroy you or carry you on
(It’s time to take the time)
You’re fighting the weight of the world
But no one can save you this time
Close your eyes, you can find all you need in your mind
Boy, you’re going to carry that weight,
Carry that weight a long time
Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a pat on the back
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone.
And when you need catharsis (yes)
Because it’s how you’re made, you know (yes)
And when you need absolving (yes)
Don’t ask how, but come into my house of pain
And who by fire, who by water,
who in the sunshine, who in the night time,
who by high ordeal, who by common trial,
who in your merry merry month of may,
who by very slow decay,
and who shall I say is calling?
Hello, it’s me
I’ve thought about us for a long, long time
Maybe I think too much but something’s wrong
There’s something here that doesn’t last too long
Maybe I shouldn’t think of you as mine
Another game of putting things aside
As if we’ll come back to them sometime
A brace of hope
A pride of innocence
And you would say something has gone wrong
Again it seems we meet in the spaces in between
We always say it won’t take long
But something’s always wrong
Just between us
I think it’s time for us to recognize
The differences we sometimes fear to show
Just between us
I think it’s time for us to realize
The spaces in between
Leave room for you and I to grow
In the rain the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever
And I know it’s only in my mind
That I’m talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there’s a way for us
Talk and talk
No time, night time
Burnt inside, burnt inside, burnt inside
Here comes the daylight, here comes my job
Uptown in the penthouse or downtown with the mob
Here comes the night time, here comes my role
Goodbye to the pavement, hello to my soul
So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can’t plant me in your penthouse
I’m going back to my plough
Say goodbye to Glasnost, say goodbye to Malathion
Say goodbye to the clowns in congress and the belt around Orion
Say goodbye to the tabloids, say goodbye to diet soda
Say goodbye to new age music from the Capa to the Coda
Say goodbye to gridlock, goodbye to Dolly’s chest
Goodbye to the ozone layer if there’s any of it left
Say you, say me, say it for always
That’s the way it should be
Say you, say me, say it together
Naturally
Left standing in the lurch at a church
Were people saying, My God, that’s tough
She stood him up
No point in us remaining
We may as well go home
As I did on my own
Alone again, naturally
I can’t marry you today,
My wife won’t let me.
Love and marriage
Love and marriage
It’s an institute you can’t disparage
Ask the local gentry
And they will say it’s elementary
It’s a nice day to start again
It’s a nice day for a white wedding
It’s a nice day to start again
You can’t afford no ring
You can’t afford no ring
I shouldn’t be wearing white and you can’t afford no ring
Volcano pierce the air, ashes block out the sun
Down in the lair, well I met her there
With a price for everyone
I paid eighty dollars for this wedding ring
I couldn’t take it off if I tried
And the cactus sure tastes strangely sweet
As it goes down inside
The morning mist arises
through another crack in the glass
The lack of sleep has made me numb
But sometimes when she sleeps she’ll turn
and she’ll whisper his name
that cake must taste great but i’ll pass
when you offer me some