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
O'r 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 sayin' it true
And I'll be with you
when the deal goes down
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
O'r 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 sayin' it true
And I'll be with you
when the deal goes down