Lyrics

[Verse 1] I sit here on the stair While she dries the silverware The children watch TV With Easter ribbons in their hair Man, that's the best part of the tune When the flutes chase the bassoon But the glow from the big city Pulls my eye down from the moon [Chorus 1] And everyone is laughing But everyone is scared The singer died on Tuesday night Gasping for air [Verse 2] No, I've never seen a war Never heard no cannons roar I grew up in the city Now I live here by the shore So now my skin is thin And the cold is gettin' in The rain pours down the windows While the trees crack in the wind [Chorus 2] And I've been waitin' for the dark But I'm waitin' no more I hear the yonder sirens singing Louder than before [Verse 3] When I was a kid I was in a rock 'n' roll band Up there on that ratty bandstand That's where I learned the only things I know Tonight I heard that old song on the radio, no [Chorus 3] But I didn't recognize my old friends And I didn't recognize myself I looked around and I thanked the Lord I'd found That I was someone else