Lyrics
Song For Bob
I’m sitting here again in a roomful of friends
and I wonder if words can be found
to place laughing eyes in the faces that cry
coming up from so far underground
And I’ve lost all my dreams and there’s no way it seems
to go back to dreaming again
but if silence is best, lay me down to rest
the hour that ship comes in
Oh I once found a friend in the words that you’d send
they were stronger than one man could be
Instead of hollow refrains we sang only in games
we took comfort in what you could see
But the children must try for the old folks must die
It’s always the wheel that’s in spin
and if silence is best, lay me down to rest
the hour that ship comes in
Though cities turn to sand and the mountains that stand
may crumble, and words turn to stone
still the morning begins and the questions in the wind
are still calling out for a song
so if I sing on a street and our shadows should meet
I’ll take pride just to stand where you’ve been
and if silence is best, lay me down to rest
the hour that ship comes in