Joseph was a good man though he killed his wife And his hungry little children, he took their lives This was the act of a desperate man With all the love in his eyes and no evil hands
He was standing at the sky's edge And out there, who knows what he's thinking? He was sliding down the razor's edge And watched his life slowly sinking Away, away
Mary was a troubled girl, she stole to eat She had to sell her body to put the shoes on her feet Stole a car and tried to get away Now all that she hears is the rain on the roof in sky's edge jail
She was standing at the sky's edge And out there, who knows what she's thinking? She was sliding down the razor's edge And watched her life slowly sinking Away, away
They were standing at the sky's edge And out there, who knows what they're thinking? They were sliding down the razor's edge And watched their lives slowly sinking Away, away, away Away
Jacob was misguided, he carried a blade So much fear in the city, it carried him away Young men are fighting and losing their lives At night as the screech owls in the trees watch young men die
They were standing at the sky's edge And out there, who knows what they're thinking? They were sliding down the razor's edge And watched their lives slowly sinking
They were standing at the sky's edge And out there, there's dangerous thinking They were standing at the river's edge And watched their lives slowly sinking Away, away, away, away Away