You know I think it's a funny thing

People talk without listening

People listen without hearing

I do it all the time

You know it's a funny phenomenon

People on their constant run

So obvious to me and yet

I never stop to get set



Listen to the silence

You might hear what you're looking for

Hearing nothing but the sound of your mind

Listen to the silence

A little quiet time

You just might find what you're after

If you close your eyes



There's a jackhammer here and a speechmaker there

Here a gun, there a gun, everywhere

See my man go tearing his hair

When everything's fine

I don't pretend to know a lot

I'll do the best with what I've got

Clear my head and give it a shot

Till the stars line up right



Listen to the silence

You might hear what you're looking for

Hearing nothing but the sound of your mind

Listen to the silence

A little quiet time

You just might find what you're after

If you free your mind



This isn't deep, it's not profound

It;s just something that I think about now

Had to find a new way around

The old way's not right

Self-help books and the latest moves

Who knows what will get you through

Don't know about me, less about you

I don't know but I'll try



Listen to the silence

You might hear what you're looking for

Hearing nothing but the sound of your mind

Listen to the silence

A little quiet time

You just might find what you're after

If you close your eyes



It's a noisy life I'm living right now

Believe I've done my time in the loud

Noisy life I'm living right now

I've played my joyful song with a loud sound