The Witness Song

[Verse 1]

Yeah, yeah, well, well, well, yeah, well, well, well, yeah, well, well, well

I took a walk down to the port

Where strangers meet and do consort

All blinkered with desire

And a winter fog moved thickly on

A winter fog moved thickly on

A winter fog moved thickly on

[Hook]

Now, who will be the witness, who will be the witness, who will be the witness

When the fog's too thick to see

[Verse 2]

And I saw a friend beside a wall

Her hands were raised in supplication

And her face I could not see at all

And I raised my hands in rage

And I brought them down again

And we entered through the eastern door

I entered through the eastern door

She entered through the eastern door

[Hook]

Now, who will be the witness, who will be the witness, who will be the witness

When you're all to blind to see

Oh yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

[Aside]

Yeah, and time gets somewhat muddled here

But no matter, no matter

Here come the events all tumbling down (Who will be the witness?)

Now, beyond the wall was a great garden (Who will be the witness?)

Into which we passed (Who will be the witness?)

Me and my friend (Who will be the witness?)

And the place was all overgrown with weeds (Who will be the witness?)

And behold from its center there rose a great fountain (Who will be the witness?)

A fountain with the healing waters (Who will be the witness?)

Yes the fountain with the healing waters (Who will be the witness?)

And we knelt down by the rim (Who will be the witness?)

And I dipped my hand in (Who will be the witness?)

And she dipped her hand in too (Who will be the witness?)

And I said "Are you healed?" (Who will be the witness?)

And she said "Well, are you healed?" (Who will be the witness?)

And I said "Yes, I'm healed" (Who will be the witness?)

And she said "Well, yes I'm healed then too" (Who will be the witness?)

And I said "Babe, you are a liar" (Who will be the witness?)

Babe, you are a liar, babe, you are a liar, babe, you are a liar, too"

Now, who will be the witness, who will be the witness, who will be the witness

When you're all to healed to see

[Verse 3]

And I kissed her once, I kissed her twice (And I kissed her once, I kissed her twice)

And made my way to leave her (And made my way to leave her)

And she raised her hand up to her face (And she raised her hand up to her face)

And brought it down again (And brought it down again)

I said "That gesture, it will haunt me" ("That gesture, it will haunt me")

"That gesture it will haunt me"

And I left there by the eastern door

She left there by the western door

[Hook]

Now, who will be the witness, who will be the witness there

When you're blind and you can't see

Who will be the witness, yeah baby, who will be the witness there

When you're all so clean and you cannot see

Who will be the witness, yeah, who will be the witness

Who will be the witness, who will be the witness

Who will be the witness, yeah baby, who will be the witness, there

When your friends are everywhere

Who will be the witness, who will be the witness there

And your enemies have ceased to care

Who will be the witness, who will be the witness

Who will be the witness, who will be the witness

Who will be the witness, yeah baby, who will be the witness there

Yeah, who will be the witness, who will be the witness

Who will be the witness, who will be the witness

Who will be the witness, yeah, who will be the witness, yeah

Who will be the witness, who will be the witness