I stand off to one side<br />
Counting the casualties<br />
As you will see in the morning the newspapers lied<br />
Difficult to say the truth in times like these.<br />
You are over there at the center<br />
The look on your face at the point of collision<br />
Once you've left you can never re-enter<br />
With your heart your soul and your vision.<br />
The light that's shining in<br />
Comes through a tear in the fabric<br />
That used to be your skin<br />
You need some heavyweight abracadabra<br />
But it's too late for who's whose<br />
Too soon for the long term blues<br />
Lord let me stand in another man's shoes<br />
Somebody who's not bringing this news.<br />
Yesterday brought a market correction<br />
We all sat around the house and pitched a bitch<br />
You called your man in the Caribbean the Jamaican connection<br />
It was a minor cut but we had to have it stitched<br />
And our little devil was naughty<br />
Again and again he swore hard<br />
We got over the fact we're forty<br />
All those little toys strewn around the backyard