The Sound of Silent Pain
Do you hear that?
That’s the sound of a man
Slently in pain
Again
That’s the sound of a man
With nothing left to gain
Astray
He goes a walkin’ where the sun doesn’t shine
He don’t talk ‘bout what he left behind
That’s the sound of a man
Silently in pain
That’s the sound of the train
Runnin’ on his pain
Again
That’s the sound of the train
Running away
His mouth is shut because a nobody’s listenin’
He goes a drowning in the lakes that don’t glisten
He goes a drowning in a drink that don’t glisten
But his true drink in his heart is still missin’
Listen
That’s the sound of a man
Crying out in pain
Again
That man is bound
So very far away
That train
He’s so gone he’s so long
From daylight
From some fun or someone
In his sight
That’s the sight of a man
Silently in pain.
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