Everybody needs somewhere to go Even if they've got noone to know Simple pleasures always seem Like photographs of distant dreams Broke and calling home Sands are white and skies are blue Clouds stop by and pour a little Pot of tea for two Everybody needs the sun to shine Even if they're covered all the time Tiny candle warms your hands While fire burns in distant lands Spark and then it's gone Moonlight covers different faces In ancient times and modern places The man keeps looking on Tell me where you've been, tell me clock now what's your trouble Do you make excuses with your hands? Tell me what you know, if these walls could talk, they wouldn't But you've been close to me, closer than some things I've been around a block or two But you've been hanging, paying dues So share with me some things your time has seen Everybody needs some air to breathe Even if they've got noone to leave Wounded hands holds bitter drink From underneath the kitchen sink Alone on Christmas Eve Wrapped up tight in years of guilt While baby brother pours the milk Quite the sight to see Tell me where you've been, tell me clock now what's your trouble Do you make excuses with your hands? Tell me what you know, if these walls could talk, they wouldn't But you've been close to me, closer than some things I've been around a block or two But you've been hanging, paying dues So share with me some things your time has seen Tell me where you've been, tell me clock now what's your trouble Do you make excuses with your hands? Tell me what you know, if these walls could talk, they wouldn't But you've been close to me, closer than some things I've been around a block or two But you've been hanging, paying dues So share with me some things your time has seen