Clear White Light

Two by two the lovers wandered off into the night 
  Leaving me alone with someone who I only knew by sight 
  So we sat and watched each other through the fading firelight 
  Each one waiting for the silence to be broken 
  And the things I should have said 
  That were whispering in my head 
  Would not be spoken 

  The black-eyed master glared at me with malice in his eye 
  The spittle from his twisted lips ran down to his bow-tie 
  I was dumb before his accusations I dared not deny 
  When he done with me I stood outside there shattered 
  And the things I should have said 
  That came rushing to my head 
  No longer mattered 

  Teachers from whose mellowed mouths great pearls of wisdom crawl 
  To those who scrawl obscenities upon the alley walls 
  The joke is on the bloke who never spoke a word at all 
  But whose dreams lay unrevealed 'til they were rotten 
  And the things I should have said 
  That I was keeping in my head 
  Have been forgotten 

  The things I should have said (repeat to fade)