[Verse 1] In the still of the night, in the worlds 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 Ill be with you when the deal goes down [Verse 2] We eat and we drink, we feel and we think Far down the street we stray I laugh and I cry and Im 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 Ill be with you when the deal goes down [Verse 3] The moon gives light and shines by night I scarcely feel the glow We learn to live and then we forgive Oer the road were 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 Ill be with you when the deal goes down [Verse 4] I picked up a rose and it poked through my clothes I followed the winding stream I heard a deafening noise, I felt transient joys I know theyre not what they seem In this earthly domain, full of disappointment and pain Youll never see me frown I owe my heart to you, and thats saying it true And Ill be with you when the deal goes down
deal, go, frailer, bewildering, bound