Easter

[Verse 1]
I sit here on the stair
While she dries the silverware
The children watch TV
With Easter ribbons in their hair
Man, that's the best part of the tune
When the flutes chase the bassoon
But the glow from the big city
Pulls my eye down from the moon

[Chorus 1]
And everyone is laughing
But everyone is scared
The singer died on Tuesday night
Gasping for air

[Verse 2]
No, I've never seen a war
Never heard no cannons roar
I grew up in the city
Now I live here by the shore
So now my skin is thin
And the cold is gettin' in
The rain pours down the windows
While the trees crack in the wind

[Chorus 2]
And I've been waitin' for the dark
But I'm waitin' no more
I hear the yonder sirens singing
Louder than before

[Verse 3]
When I was a kid I was in a rock 'n' roll band
Up there on that ratty bandstand
That's where I learned the only things I know
Tonight I heard that old song on the radio, no

[Chorus 3]
But I didn't recognize my old friends
And I didn't recognize myself
I looked around and I thanked the Lord I'd found
That I was someone else