What are the pipes a-playing for said files on parade? Why do they shake the darkness with their sound? Why are the drummers rollin' on to call us here again? Who will they take away this time around? I can feel the hurricane and I can smell the sun And if I had my way we could try one So gather in all you knew when you thought that you were young Stand before the walls and sing! Sing And if you think we've come nowhere at all Think about where we were just ten years ago All of us most everybody lookin' just looking for a hero All the times that we knew All the ways that we grew It's just a faraway An alien high - if it don't come through to you That everybody everywhere in the world must agree The time is so ripe for love, love, clear love In the hazy afternoon when the people run around
In the hazy afternoon by the city gates The beggars on the stairs weavin' young children In the hair of the shy young ladies Do you feel your mind is bending twisting turning too Do you sometimes feel they'll run you crazy Go and lay your hand into the hand of a friend One and one is two times more than you And everything that you can do for somebody in this world And all the sounds that run around in your mind my baby Take 'em all put 'em in your life hold it up to the light And let it shine Take it all in your hands Take it in your hands and hold it to your ear Music in the shell dance around the waterline In your life you can untune the sky So everybody everywhere in the world might feel Another language without reading you can Hear what they sing - All needing love