It was a lurid start Acrid sweat and agony No one could cross three thousand miles Gathering prayers You there, quickly forgetting my spilled words Me, here, wondering what I meant Only sometimes does it mean We�ll be here to see them bloom One moment your life is a stone, And the next, a star You, there, quickly forgetting my spilled words Me, here, wondering what I meant In this dark world and wide Dollar go from hand to hand The world is never small And you shouldn�t treat it so