Have you seen the way trees grow around barbed wire? Or the way fog burns off into blue? Have you seen the day turn into a dozen windows? It's a great big world out there Have you seen October rain falling on rivers Or the way leaves gather at the dam? Chorus: I've been among them too scared to cross over Now there's nothing keeping me here So if you hear some kind of singing in the underground You'll know who it is without going down And after this mean coastal winter's gone I'll be the first one you see coming up, coming up Have you seen the eyes of the men on the Avenue? They drink until they holler like children at the air Chorus: People press themselves into the trains Stare the hard stare of people without names All these tired bodies riding home in the rain and the Dusk at the end of the day Chorus: