Out in the streets
Where the poets just dream
Lovers may cry
In time to the music that sleeps
Gathering dust, as you watch the night fall
And you ask
Is that all?
And you wake up one day
And the skies just don’t look the same
But you’re tapping your feet to the same tired beat
With no reason or rhyme at all
And it feels like the longest day
And the shadows they get in your way
So you stare at the page
For what seems like an age
And just when you think that you’re reaching the chorus
You find that’s it only a hook
Just when you think that the song’s written for us
The players are playing by the book
You’ve heard it before
You know each note of the score
Time was easier then
Now nothing makes sense
Where are the milestones now?
The piano the forte, the soft and the loud
Where are the shifts on the staves
That unsettle the phrase
Where’s the chord that leaves you amazed?
Suddenly all of the songs sound the same
A long, worn out refrain
you can’t remember the lines
Out in the heat
Where the poets just sleep
Leaders may lie
In time to the word from the street
And you feel you’ve been had
As you watch the axe fall
As you ask
Is that all?
Then you wake up one day
And the skies still look the same
You’re finding your way
But the breadcrumbs you laid
Are just nowhere to be seen
And the birdsong that flies on the wind
Gives no clue to the song you should sing
So you stare at the page
For what seems like an age
And just when you think that you’re reaching the chorus
You find that’s it only a hook
Just when you think that the song’s written for us
The players are playing by the book
You’ve heard it before
You know each note of the score
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