The Singer lyrics

Artist  : Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 
Song : The Singer
 


(Cash, Daniels)

As I walk these narrow
streets
Where a million passin feet have trod
before me
With my guitar in my
hand
Suddenly I realize nobody knows
me


Where yesterday the
multitude
Screamed and cried my name out for a
song
Today the streets are empty
And the
crowds have all gone home


I pass a
million houses
But there is no place that I
belong
All I knew to give you
Was song
after song after song


All the truths I
tried to tell you
Were as distant to you as the
moon
Born 200 years too late
And 200 years
too soon


I'm a child of this
age
Locked into the pages of your book
And
when I am but dust and clay
And all the
children stop to take a look


Will they
marvel at the miracles I did perform
And the
heights I did aspire
Or will they tear out the
pages of the book
To light a
fire


With the rain on my face
There
is no place that I belong
Did you forget this
fucking singer so soon?
And did you forget my
song?