Without Applause

[Verse 1]
Work was on the way
And I'd rather be no one, work in vain
All the suits are formally
And as for me, I'll soon take that front seat

[Chorus]
And time she bears a cross
In an ocean teaming with froth
I'm on the shore without applause

[Verse 2]
Mama's here and nothing can be done
No other thought meanwhile something thaws
Dad to rise, there to fix something
It's not the drinking but the worry that does him in

[Bridge]
I learned you were sober
On root that's so gold
Gears of nothing
Stacked at nothing

[Chorus]
She bears a cross in an ocean
Teaming with froth
On the shore without applause