When the Deal Goes Down

In the still of the night, in the world's ancient light
 Where wisdom grows up in strife
 My bewildered brain, toils in vain
 Through the darkness on the pathways of life
 Each invisible prayer is like a cloud in the air
 Tomorrow keeps turnin' around
 We live and we die, we know not why
 But I'll be with you when the deal goes down
 We eat, and we drink, we feel and we think
 Far down the street, we stray
 I laugh, and I cry, and I'm haunted by
 Things I never meant nor wished to say
 The midnight rain follows the train
 We all wear the same thorny crown
 Soul to soul, our shadows roll
 And I'll be with you when the deal goes down
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 Well, the moon gives light and it shines by night
 When I scarcely feel the glow
 We learn to live and then we forgive
 Or the road we're bound to go
 More frailer than the flowers, these precious hours
 That keep us so tightly bound
 You come to my eyes like a vision from the skies
 And I'll be with you when the deal goes down
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 Well, I picked up a rose and it poked through my clothes
 I followed that winding stream
 I heard the deafening noise, I felt transient joys
 I know they're not what they seem
 In this earthly domain, full of disappointment and pain
 You'll never see me frown
 I owe my heart to you and that's sayin' it true
 And I'll be with you when the deal goes down