Often have I walked Along this filthy wall Impaled with posted lies This high, cold city wall Whose soul is cinder-blocked Whose heart is filled with gall Reflected in the eyes Of those who cringe and crawl And nothing's ever changed The narrow, cramped confines Of my misbegotten life Still waiting for a sign I've spent my life estranged My pleasures of a kind Acquired at a price From those who sell their time And they who gave their love Would never give their name Requiring in return That I should do the same All my futile dreams Have never come to pass No danger, no extremes No rainbow's end, no happiness No hope, no success
Yet I know that somewhere far beyond the wall is a world A world where children laugh and call Where lovers stroll beneath the trees And flowers beckon in the breeze Far beyond the wall The jewelled kites are flying high And the deepest blue Is waiting in a cloudless sky The waves are dancing The sun entrancing Seagulls are crying Sailboats are flying Our fingers reaching Shyly beseeching Then hands entwining Your eyes are shining Such bitter sweetness Inner completeness
I never have escaped These sterile city streets The summer sun has bled Its life out on the concrete There must be some mistake These people lost at sea Move blindly straight ahead In search of some relief I let myself be led And trying not to fall I join the living dead And walk along the high cold city wall