Open My Eyes Songtext
von Ian Hunter

On the avenue of dead umbrellas
In a place where nothing sleeps
No one′s picking up the pieces
No one speaks
The snow falls down, God dust funky town
For once this place looks pure
Well, tell that to the people who live in the wing
They ain't so sure

In the middle of a violent night
In the glare of a naked light
In the middle of a nightmare
At the bottom of the deepest well
In the middle of a private hell
Shit′s getting out there, nowhere


Then I open my eyes
Ice on the window, the sun is trying to break through
Then I open my eyes
In the land of the living, and it's alright
Seen a man rattled in a battle that no one could win
I had to turn my soul away
Shit's gonna happen whether you like it or not
It′s just the way it is

Then I open my eyes
Boats on the river heading down the east side
Then I open my eyes
And the trash slips away

Soft and supple like some alibi
They′ve been walking in my sleep
There ain't no cure for the secrets you might keep

In the middle of my wildest dream
In a place where nothing′s what it seems
At the time of a great march
From the hoods and the broken homes
Danger's got a smell of its own
In the middle of chaos
In the valley of the shadow of cash
The Bellevue boys out kicking ass
In the middle of fire
Inside the belly of the beast
In a place where wonders never cease
You go higher, higher, higher


Then I open my eyes
Life in a nutshell, it′s over 'fore you know it
Then I open my eyes
And the city wakes up, puts coffee in cups when I open my eyes
And the kids go to school, kindness rules when I open my eyes
I love you, you love me
And it rains so I buy an umbrella from a guy on 23rd and 2nd Avenue