I pick up a broken comb Run it through my thin grey hair Though I don't have any plans tonight I'm not going anywhere Well, I should've seen this coming Don't know why I'm surprised Every vessel on its way down Takes with it the captain's life
Though I'm blind, my dear, I see The parade goes on without me My body aches, my mind, it weeps For you, for you
Tonight I'm locked outside my building Guess I must have lost the keys So I'll sit here on the sidewalk Let the snow fall on my knees And if I made it to a payphone I don't know who I would call So for now I close my eyes and rest My crooked back against the wall
I read that old men will see visions Young men will follow dreams I believed it when I read it I see your face in everything Now your honey jars are frozen In the window your books have browned And there's too much room inside our bed I think I'll join you in the ground
Though I'm blind, my dear, I see Let the chorus sing without me My body breaks, my mind it sleeps With you