The Dead Don't Speak, They Listen

When I was five, that's when you died

My mother told me

I'd never see you again

All I remember

Is that I didn't ant her to see me

To see me crying

So I said: don't worry mama

You're still young and so beautiful

You'll find someone to love

And to cherish you

I'll never forget how she looked

Laying in her bed

With thousands of people outside

Singing Give Peace a Chance

I would do anything for

One conversation with you

Even to walk down the street with you

Would be so cool

Seems like the whole world

Had more time with you than I did

But the dead don't speak, they listen

I was alone almost every day

Felt like my mother was always away

All that I knew of you is what people told me

Though I remember the scar on your chin

And the sound of your voice every time

That you said good night

And your favourite TV show was Jekyll and Hyde

And that you played the piano

Well, now so do I

Every note that I play goes up to the sky

I would do anything for

One conversation with you

Even to walk down the street with you

Would be so cool

Seems like the whole world

Had more time with you than I did

But the dead don't speak they listen

The dead don't speak they listen