Fred Small - Face At The Window Lyrics
In the stillness of the alley waits a man with an open bladeAnd he hurts the woman badly and within her plants his seedShe can't shake the dirt and horror as the seed takes root and growsBut the law now claims her body, the doctor's door is closedShe goes back to another alley to a leering butcher's bladeAnd the deal is dark and bloody in the crime the law has made.CHORUS:And the face at the window never blinks never turns awayWhen you wake in the night to a flashing lightWhen you burn on judgment dayThey have spoke aloud your daydreamsThey have listened to your plansThey have watched you dance in the rainstormThey have seen you ride the wind.Walking slowly home at night a man touching a manAnd the car looks kind of familiar and it's coming round againYou got no chance in that deadly dance when they cut you to the boneThere's a bleeding gash from the broken glass and you hear somebody moanAnd maybe somebody calls the cops and they take their own sweet timeAnd they say it's just a couple of fags again and maybe your friend is dying.CHORUSAnd your lover comes to you softly and you touch and you feel no shameAnd you steal away from the city and lightning fills your veinsIn an air-conditioned office the committee discusses your caseThey know the words you whispered they felt the flush upon your face.They have files on every fantasy, who's on top and who's belowYou have crossed into the shadow place where outlaws freely roam.CHORUSYou can drink the lies of paradise while the books on the shelves disappearYou can make a comfortable living, you can swear it can't happen hereAnd maybe they'll come for the unionists and maybe they'll come for the JewsAnd maybe they'll come for the heretics but they'll never come for youWhen you hear the step in the hallway, when you taste the iron fearDon't you go shouting out for justice 'cause there's no one left to hear.CHORUS
