歌词
He was a child and a newcomer
To the ways of the world
Eyes ablaze with the light of high noon
Just to love and to be loved was all that he wanted
By the light of the lonely moon
They taught him to capture and tame wild pathos
Sold him distractions and made every day seem the same
Caught the Holy Ghost lurking in his cellars and they threw him out
Leaving just a lonely man, a lonely man
Soon they took everything that he lived for
So he asked them to please take his life too
They denied him existence but they let him live
In a lonely room, in a lonely room
He would suckle at the bosom of mother earth
But his experience poisons that thought
He falls prey somehow to the silence and the deep space dark
Of this lonely blue rock, of this lonely blue rock
Now his path is lit only by the light of the falling stars
And the embers fall scorching and cut his face
He wants to believe in his unbelief
In a lonely place
But they buried his conscience near the grave of God
Sealed his soul up in a tomb of tears
And they scattered his ashes east of Eden some place
On a lonely breeze, on a lonely breeze
He was a child and a newcomer
To the ways of the world
Eyes ablaze with the light of high noon
Just to love and to be loved was all that he wanted
By the light of the lonely moon
