In the still of the night, in the world´s ancient light Where wisdom grows up in strife My bewildering brain, toils in vain Through the darkness on the pathways of life
Each invisible prayer is like a cloud in the air Tomorrow keeps turning around We live and we die, we know not why But I´ll be with you when the deal goes down
We eat and we drink, we feel and we think Far down the street we stray I laugh and I cry and I´m haunted by Things I never meant nor wished to say The midnight rain follows the train We all wear the same thorny crown Soul to soul, our shadows roll And I´ll be with you when the deal goes down
Well, the moon gives light and it shines by night When I scarcely feel the glow We learn to live and then we forgive
Over the road we´re bound to go More frailer than the flowers, these precious hours That keep us so tightly bound You come to my eyes like a vision from the skies And I´ll be with you when the deal goes down
Well, I picked up a rose and it poked through my clothes I followed the winding stream I heard the deafening noise, I felt transient joys I know they´re not what they seem In this earthly domain, full of disappointment and pain You´ll never see me frown I owe my heart to you, and that´s saying it´s true