VAN MORRISON lyrics - Wonderful Remark

How can you stand the silence

That pervades when we all cry

How can you watch the violence

That erupts before your eyes



You can't even grab a hold on

When we're hanging oh so loose

You don't even listen to us

When we talk it ain't no use



Leave your thoughtlessness behind you

Then you may begin to understand

Clear the emptiness around you

With the waving of your hand



That was a wonderful remark

I had my eyes closed in the dark

I sighed a million sighs

I told a million lies to myself, to myself

Ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh



Now, how can we listen to you

When we know that your talk is cheap

How can we never question

Why we give more and you keep



How can your empty laughter

Fill a room like ours with joy

When you're only playing with us

Like a child does with a toy



How can we ever feel the freedom

Or the flame lit by the spark

How can we ever come out even

When reality is stark



That was a wonderful remark

I had my eyes closed in the dark

I sighed a million sighs

I told a million lies to myself, to myself

Ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh



Listen, how can you tell us something

Just to keep us hanging on, yeah

Something that just don't mean nothin'

When we see you, you are gone



Clinging to some other rainbow

While we're standing waiting outside in the cold

Telling us the same sad story

Knowing time is growing old



Touch your world up with some colour

Dream you're swinging on a star

Taste it first then add some flavour

Now you know just who you are



That was a wonderful remark

I had my eyes closed in the dark

I sighed a million sighs, oh yeah

I told a million lies to myself, oh yeah, to myself

Ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh

Ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh



Wonderful remark

And that...



That was a wonderful remark, yes it was, right on

I had my eyes closed in the dark, right on

I sighed a million sighs

I told a million lies to myself, alright, to myself

Ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh, ooh oh



Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Right on, right on

Oh, oh, oh, oh, cut loose

Cut loose, cut loose

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

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