sometimes it gets so quiet I can't even hear
sometimes I get so lost you could find me anywhere
sometimes the rippling night is opening my heart and brain
and the ocean's pouring water into seas of pouring rain
it's not really night when darkness is light
it's not really day if you can't see your way
I know you can't imagine the things that I can't say
I'm sure I've got no reason for trying to explain
I thought that maybe I would pick up reasons on the way
instead I'm only mouthing slogans standing line for the right to pay
it's not really night when darkness is light
it's not really day if you can't see your way
heard about the big commotion down at 49th & Main?
seems somebody got the notion suicide is a form of praying
he pulled a pistol from his pocket - pop go pop - and one less brain
and now he's off to see the wizard crash the gate and board the train
it's not really night when darkness is light
it's not really day if you can't see your way
just before he pulled the trigger someone thought he heard him say
"I never seem to get no bigger though each day I eat my weight"
in the wake of each disaster widows orphans swelled with pain
the best may cope though never master either past or the present day
unless their love is o! so strong that even death is scared away
and even then it won't last long because this world is made that way
it's not really night when darkness is light
it's not really day if you can't see your way
lately it appears to me that I'm not really real
and even though it makes no sense it's exactly the way I feel
and all I can do is to write this song
I can't make do with what's totally wrong
I only know for however long
we'll always miss you we'll always miss you we'll always miss you
now it's time to change the station find the mouse cat ears
now it's time to ask the nation "can you face your mortal fears?"
now it's time to say goodbye to Jed and all his kin
because there's nothing left to buy to guarantee you'll win
and anyway it's not a game though everybody's playing
the difference is it's all the same to us as it is to them to us as it is to them
it's not really night when darkness is light
it's not really day if you can't see your way
credits
from Garagezilla,
released July 7, 2013
Mort Shapiro: Vocals & Lyrics
Steve Farzan: Keyboard
Richard Vitale Drums
Tom Wheeler: Bass & Guitar
Leigh Ann Hussey: Vocal
Larissa Brown Shapiro: Vocal
Michael Sanborn: Vocal
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