Words are spoken

Swallowed in vain

Slowly, I'm chokin'

I cough it up, cough it up, cough it up again



Familiar, familiar



Laughin', laughin' at the man who

Never had a chance to dream your dreams

Find it funny here today, you know

But, if by tomorrow

You might wonder then

Why your seeds are weeds



Familiar, familiar

Familiar, is it familiar?



Open up

There's a river in us all

Open up

From the cradle where we crawl

Open up

It's so unusual

Open up

'Cause sittin' on the wall

Everybody's got to

Fall



Oh, show me

Show me a reason

A reason for, anything I see

Round and round and round and round, we go

What happened to my brother?

Will his flowers wither?

Just like me, yeah



Familiar, familiar

Familiar, is it familiar?



Open up

There's a river in us all

Open up

From the cradle where we crawl

Open up

It's so unusual

Open up

While you're sittin' on the wall

Everybody's got to

Fall, yeah



I am no preacher

I know no teachings

Sway my mind, dear

With your primal screechings



Buried under

Your plastic cover

You are me

And I am you



Open up

There's a river in us all

Open up

From the cradle where we crawl

Open up

It's so unusual

Open up

Yeah, yeah

Open up

There's a river in us all

Open up

From the cradle where we crawl

Open up

It's so unusual

Open up

'Cause while you're sittin' on the wall

Everybody's got to

Fall

Everybody's got to

Fall

Everybody's got to

Fall







-ac