The Crowd - House Slaves

Should I offer up my hand? And save a wish for once for all of us And should I offer up my hand? And lay the guilt on myself So, it's easier to not stay, yeah, to not stay, yeah 'Cause I found you in your corner I pulled you out of the clouds You left in such a hurry Your face is lost in the crowd Should I open up my eyes? Or just ignore who you are And what you could have been And should I open up my eyes? And make believe you will change So, it's easier to not stay, yeah, to not stay, yeah 'Cause I found you in your corner I pulled you out of the clouds You left in such a hurry Your face is lost in the crowd 'Cause I found you in your corner I pulled you out of the clouds You left in such a hurry Your face is lost in the crowd 'Cause I found you in your corner I pulled you out of the clouds You left in such a hurry Your face is lost in the crowd Your face is lost in the crowd Your face is lost in the crowd

There's something I have to tell you Before it's too late There's someone needs a timing I could be the same Got to listen to you clearly Would you understand it all Would you hold it all together Do we run up in the bar Everyone needs someone to listen to If you don't want to shine on Could you know it all And if someone lay before you know it could be true A voice in the crowd You came upon a (?) Just an alibi Did you have to go do it Do you feel you want to try But if you'd only see the reason why (?) When someone came, someone rose, someone left I don't know if you could be sure But you don't understand And if the days were good You'll never know the way we planned And if the time is there for severancing and sentiment A voice in the crowd A voice in the crowd

Lord unchain my hands Let me sing inside the crowded trams Let me dance among the traffic jams We're going to sleep On the St Kilda sands Lord unbind my feet Let me mingle with the good people We meet Water rising up into the street Unbind my feet 'The apparition of these faces in The crowd; Petals on a wet black bough" Ezra Pound found the formula Our houses are rectangular But life is curved not angular So when things start to strangular Remember Rain still falls on the halls of power New babies being born every hour And the eagle keeps watch on the old clock tower Over me... (CHORUS) On the train I refrain from sitting with head and shoulders bowed They told me time is of the essence No wandering allowed But then I saw a pretty girl Whose features stood out in the crowd Went ten minutes past my stop waiting for her to look around I'm just another clown kicking around in Melbourne town Cooling out, relaxing watching the World go round So if you ever have the time And you want to go drink some wine I'd rather greet you with a smile Than greet you with a frown... Lord unchain my hands Let me sing inside the crowded trams Let me dance among the traffic jams We're going to sleep On the St Kilda sands Lord unbind my feet Let me mingle with the good people We meet Water rising up into the street Unbind my feet

You look beautiful, but you feel so low Why you going to party that way? (Mhmm) I could let it play through another show But I don't wanna hear sorry again 'Cause I'm starting to think that when I'm not by your side That you telling me, telling me lies You can act like nothing's wrong In a place you don't belong Up until you walk into the light, whoa But you can't tell where you are Probably trippin' over stars Or are you stumbling down the boulevard? Gonna keep you in my prayers tonight (Deep down, deep down you know) (Deep down, deep down you know) (Deep down, deep down you know) (Know you're not that innocent) I know I'm the only one that you wanna touch But you know you've been a handful And I can handle a lot, yeah I'mma turn it off 'cause I care too much Heard you say you're being careful, I know you're not 'Cause I know you don't know when to stop You can act like nothing's wrong In a place you don't belong Up until you walk into the light, whoa But you can't tell where you are Probably trippin' over stars Or are you stumbling down the boulevard? Gonna keep you in my prayers tonight (Deep down, deep down you know) Know you're not that innocent (Deep down, deep down you know) You know it turns me on You can act like nothing's wrong In a place you don't belong Up until you walk into the light, whoa But you can't tell where you are Probably trippin' over stars Or are you stumbling down the boulevard? Gonna keep you in my prayers tonight (Deep down, deep down you know) (Deep down, deep down you know) (Deep down, deep down you know) Gonna keep you in my prayers tonight (Deep down, deep down you know) (Deep down, deep down you know) (Deep down, deep down you know) Gonna keep you in my prayers tonight