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

Over 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 saying it`s true

And I`ll be with you when the deal goes down

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