Had we never come across
The vastness of pavement
The barrenness of waves
The greyness of the sea
Never lost or
Ne'er been misguided
We'd have ne'er reached
Seas so shining
Or come from out
Of a hansom in Camden
To a bar in the basement
While all the while it rained
Or come around to
The friendliest of faces
Handsomest in ugly places
Or come from out of
The tunnels we dig in
To see that tunneling's not living
And working doesn't work
Or come to find that
Loving is a labor
And labor's life
And life's forever
Or come to see that
Keeping's not giving
You get what you've given
You get what you deserve
And in the midst of
All of the action
Maybe only there found satisfaction
Chasing sea-foam dreams
Around another dirty old town
Parallel run streams
Toward gray ocean from the green ground
'Oed und leer, das meer
But look beneath the gla**y surface
All the songs you hear
Down here, they have a purpose
All in all
We cannot stop singing
We cannot start sinking
We swim until it ends
They may k** and
We may be parted
But we will ne'er
Be broken hearted