10000 Maniacs - Party Of God Lyrics
[ billy bragg and natalie merchant ]In a busy streetA man sits downOblivious to the traffic soundsNo chaosNo frenzied shrieking crowdThank God their silenceWalking heads bent downCome when they saw usCalled it lethargyThe treadmill turnsThere down below their feetShould I pray for an end to comeQuickly (quickly), quickly (quickly)Or cross the waves of an angry seaRisking (risking)And braving (braving)The shipwreck and the mutiny assailingAssailingIn a haunted doorwayAnd from the light of daySee another life fall to ruin in painFalse smiles from even children it seemsLandlocked ground for empty and lost dreamsA league against meI hear him sayIts not worth half the effortOr the price you payShould I pray for an end to comeQuickly (quickly), quickly (quickly)Or should I raise my face to the heavens aboveAnd tell God (dear God)Stop jeering (and jeering)As our human frailties and allOur failingsAre we failing?Pound pound on an endless streetAgain and again the nightmare sceneAll strained against the tightened ropeNot one with a lasting lingering hopeTheres evidence everywhere you seePut a quarter down at the newsstandSo that you can readShould I pray for an end to comeQuickly (quickly), quickly (quickly)Or should I raise my face to the clouds aboveEntreating (entreating)Their mercy (some mercy)But as clouds will doTheyll rain downFirst gently (gently) and sweetly (so sweetly)Until they silence meWith a burst of thunder (thunder) and lightning (and lightning)And helpless landlocked screamingI know God must be agreeingIts the worst part of watchingIts the worst part of watchingIts the worst part of watchingIts the worst partLandlocked in screamingGod must be agreeingTo be helpless is the worstMust be the worst part of watchingThe worst part of watching
