Toni Childs

I walk away
it seems it's like a bad day
on the hill
I stand and stare away
hoping for a brighter day

and I stand staring there
and I stand staring there today

I feel the rain
fall upon my face and wash away
the things I feel inside
turmoil is what moves the tides

and I stand staring there
and I stand staring there
and I begin another day

you say you hurt
and the cut has been too deep
the blood
that flows inside your soul has died
cancer is the hurt inside

and I can't walk away
and I can't show the pain
and I can't let it go
and I can't let it go away

it's another day
the morning comes so bright
I feel lifted
now the clouds have passed
I feel freedom here at last

I see a graveyard's past
the revolution's taken back
whatever happened to the sons
no more sunshine here
only darkness here
there's no-one living in this town

cause the dead are dancing
the dead are dancing
the dead are dancing
in the town

mother mary comes to me
in this graveyard of hypocricy
but father renta says I'll have to pay
in the dead are buried lies
a sinful phantom cries
can't we just rest up on the hill

but the moonlight calls us
the moon, it calls us
up and out into the town
yes, the dead are dancing
the dead are dancing
the dead are dancing
in the town

heaven does it come to me
in the dreaming that my soul's been freed
and the torment of my madness gone away
and though god says he loves
and I, I think of love
i cannot change the way I am

and so the moon, it calls me
the lunatic calls me
up and out into the town
yes, the dead are dancing
the dead are dancing
the dead are dancing
in the town

used to sit and wonder what to do
and I still do when I'm feeling blue
fearful that my struggle with life will never end
help me please to stop

this fear in motion
these circles turn me
someone help me put this fire out
yes they hurt me
yes they turn me
someone help me put this fire out

running, I am scared what I will see
if I look inside, deep these wounds of mine
hurting me so long I can't ignore them anymore
help me please to find

innocence is lost on the small
mama said early, early on
but what was visible to me in my dreams
is that the pain was all
I could ever see

and it moves me
yes it turns me
someone help me put this fire out
yes it hurts me
yes it turns me
someone help me put this fire out

well, I'm addicted boy
and now I want some peace
but I don't think the money's
gonna take away the need

and yes I'm hurting girl
but you won't see it much
cause it's the stuff we don't let out
it's what you will not touch

what it is now heart
what we need to find
it seems we're all looking for
some peace of mind

where's the light, where's the light
in the darkness of my life
where's the light, where's the light
in the darkness there is no light

to be satisfied
to go underground
to swim inside the ocean
descend to the profound
to reach the bedrock
a guest
a psychic death
a wild thought
I just caught
would this be the end
can you help me now
can you tell me please
how to find some peace and relief

I keep finding this decision hard
I keep finding a room that's in the dark
I don't know, shed some light on it
maybe save me from what I'm feeling
this lonely day
cause the secret's out and the secret's clear
what I want

yes I want to walk with you
I want to hear you say

I see a graveyard's past
the revolution's taken back
whatever happened to the sons
no more sunshine here
only darkness here
there's no-one living in this town

cause the dead are dancing
the dead are dancing
the dead are dancing
in the town

mother mary comes to me
in this graveyard of hypocricy
but father renta says I'll have to pay
in the dead are buried lies
a sinful phantom cries
can't we just rest up on the hill

but the moonlight calls us
the moon, it calls us
up and out into the town
yes, the dead are dancing
the dead are dancing
the dead are dancing
in the town

heaven does it come to me
in the dreaming that my soul's been freed
and the torment of my madness gone away
and though god says he loves
and I, I think of love
i cannot change the way I am

and so the moon, it calls me
the lunatic calls me
up and out into the town
yes, the dead are dancing
the dead are dancing
the dead are dancing
in the town

a man I met in my youth
came to me in the light of truth
a beautiful dream that was
till he died one rainy fall
there I was a child bride
widowed at ninteen, defied
never would I let him go
go to the place that heaven knows

on the evening of his death
my shoulders felt a brushing breath
cold were his hands on my breast
the man that I loved and put to rest
he came to me and held me close
we danced til dawn in the early snow
there I felt him cry and cry

while you're standing there
I'm standing in a field
in my mind
you can't take that away from me
daddy comes to me
in darkness not in light
why I gave you all my love
and you showed no mercy

you tried to pin me down
with emotion feeling things
a butterfly display
a symbol fall from grace
I'm closing down my heart
I'm putting up the wall
why I gave you all my love
and you showed no mercy

here I sit
looking to the light
in my head
I have the peace of mind
I've lost tonight
there are flowers here
and hills and horses too
I ride in my dreams and
I'm afraid I'll have to go back
go back to the night
daddy holds me tight
I'm losing my mind
I'm losing my head
someone help me now
daddy comes to me
in darkness not in light
why I gave you all my love
and you showed no mercy

I just want to know now
what it is to survive
daddy's song and daddy's lies
I've gotta know (repeat)
what it is
how it happened
I've just got to know now
what it is to survive
daddy's song and daddy's lies
I've gotta know (repeat)

what it is
how it happened
I've just got to know now
what it means to survive
and to live out daddy's lies
I've got to live
I've got to live
I've got to live
I've got to live

children laugh
children cry
they're the future of our time
will they hold us to blame
for all the things we've turned away
I don't like what I see now
I don't like where we're going
I don't like it, no
you and I, we're getting older now
you and I, who will show them
if we don't show them how

I want to know is it true
is there a house of hope for me and you
I want to know is it true
is there a house of hope for me and you

children laugh
children cry
they're the ones who will survive
will they know what we've sold
nature's gift we've turned for gold
I don't like what I see now
in my life, what I see now
I don't like where we're going
I don't like it, no
you and I, we're getting older now
you and I, who will show them
if we don't show them how

in this house of hope
in this house of hope
in this house of hope

you and I, we're getting older now
you and I, who will show them if we
don't show them how