The old folks are sleeping in their houses where 

they're keeping

All the sounds of blood and weeping from a stone age 

long ago

Did you think I've been deceiving when I told you I was 

leaving

In all the letters you're receiving full of things that 

you don't know



Daddy, will you pass the spoon.

Daddy, I'll be an old man soon

Daddy, can you hear this tune?

It is the tune of the room of forgiveness

And it's wrapped around the moon

Wrapped around the moon



So don't consider me uncouth, for in the vineyards of 

your youth

You'll find some traces of the truth right where you 

left them when you died

If I appear to act unusual just consult your family 

bible

Even Christ lived by survival. Day to day he lived to 

hide



For the statues of the dead are but the symbols in your 

head

Of the simple things he said to the people in the 

street

And the cliches you abide in, or the prisons that we 

cried in

But I've had my final hiding, it's time to stand on my 

own feet



Daddy, will you pass the spoon.

Daddy, I'll be an old man soon

Daddy, can you hear this tune?

It is the tune of the room of forgiveness

And it's wrapped around the moon

Wrapped around the moon



Daddy, will you pass the spoon.

Daddy, I'll be an old man soon

Daddy, can you hear this tune?

It is the tune of the room of forgiveness

And it's wrapped around the moon

Wrapped around the moon



Now the sun is slowly rising over this town I've been 

despising

And I can hear the local choir sing 'If glory to The 

Lord'

The preacher's heart grows feeble as he mumbles in his 

steeple

Before the gathering of the people and the strumming of 

the chord



At the last bend of the highway you can say I did it my 

way

As you approach the final gateway passed the stone 

faced lion's stare

And I'm sure that I'll see you there if the weather 

stays this fair

I will complete my trip and cut my hair, simply ready 

to do anything and travel everywhere



Daddy, will you pass the spoon.

Daddy, I'll be an old man soon

Daddy, can you hear this tune?

It is the tune of the room of forgiveness

And it's wrapped around the moon

Wrapped around the moon