The Witness Song Lyrics

The Witness Song lyrics

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 The Witness Song



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 Yeah, yeah



 Well, well



 I took a walk down to the port



 Where strangers meet and do consort



 All blinkered with desire



 And a winter fog moved thickly on



 A winter fog moved thickly on



 A winter fog moved thickly on 



 



 Now, who will be the witness



 When the fog's too thick to see 



 



 And I saw a friend beside a wall



 Her hands were raised in supplication



 And her face I could not see at all



 And I raised my hands in rage



 And brought them down again



 And we entered through the eastern door



 And I entered through the eastern door



 And she entered through the eastern door 



 



 Now, who will be the witness



 When you're all to blind to see



 O yes, yes, yes 



 



 And time gets somewhat muddled here



 But no matter, no matter



 Here come the events all tumbling down



 Now, beyond the wall was a great garden



 Into which we passed



 Me and my friend



 And the place was all overgrown with weeds



 And behold from its centre there rose a great fountain



 The fountain with the healing waters



 And we knelt down by the rim



 And I dipped my hand in



 And she dipped her hand in too



 And I said "Are you healed?"



 And she said "Well are you healed?"



 And I said "Yes, I'm healed"



 And she said "Well, yes I'm healed then too"



 And I said "Babe, you are a liar"



 "Babe, you are a liar"



 "Babe, you are a liar, too"



 Now, who will be the witness



 When you're all to healed to see 



 



 And I kissed her once, I kissed her twice



 And made my way to leave her



 And she raised her hand up to her face



 And brought it down again



 I said "That gesture, it will haunt me"



 "That gesture it will haunt me"



 And I left there by the eastern door



 She left there by the western door 



 



 Now, who will be the witness there



 When you're blind and you can't see



 Who will be the witness there



 When you're all so clean and you cannot see



 Who will be the witness there



 When your friends are everywhere



 Who will be the witness there



 And your enemies have ceased to care



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