Frightened Eyes Lyrics

Frightened Eyes

Just travelling on a bus 
From a friend's house, 
And all these people are
looking at me. 
They're gazing out windows, 
In any English country
gardens. 

But as gazes meet, 
Vacancy shows on screen. 
But I feel
inside 
The latent hysteria: 
"Why is she looking at me?"


And as I drift from one to one I can see 
They're all like me.

They've all got frightened eyes 
Saying what they're thinking, 
What
they are doing tonight. 

They've all got frightened eyes, 
Saying,
"Leave me alone, 
I'm perfectly safe here inside. 
Please don't
surprise me." 

Expressionless. 
Everyone here loves cheap
wine--
We all know good taste, 
We just get too busy trying to find

The right games to play. 

Impatient, aren't we all? 
Watching the
time trip by. 
And all these people are looking at me. 
They're gazing
out windows. 
They're burning up in there. 

And as I drift from one
to one I can see 
They're all like me. 
They've all got frightened eyes

Saying what they're thinking, 
What they are doing tonight.


They've all got frightened eyes, 
Saying, "Leave me alone,

I'm perfectly safe here inside. 
Please don't surprise me."