Sitting on our fences
 Building up defences
 Making up rules by which you play

 We're just half way down the road
 Staking our postions
 But stupid supersitions
 Only give fools too heavy a load

 The magpie screeched and the windows shattered
 Her body's bruised but her soul's not battered
 The fireman tried but the hose was broken
 The cupboards bare but the door needs closing

 We spend half our time away
 From being where we want to
 And seeing who it's fun to
 Not blaming ourselves for our mistakes

 We spend half a dream away
 Looking out of windows
 Waiting for a signal
 Waiting for night to close the day

 The tree was bare but the birds were singing
 The milk turned sour and my thirst needs quenching
 The meat was dead and I need me feeding
 The room was cold but the night was freezing

 The rainbow frowned when the sun was laughing
 A baby's snatched on a beatiful morning
 A dog runs wild and the brakes are screaming
 A church on fire is struck by lightining
 The dead man's hands had beautiful fingers
 The princess frowned at her lovers mistress
 She went insane and poisoned the children
 A teacher's drowned and a child is laughing