[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