Taking Your Life in Your Hands — текст песни (John Cale)

The children are all leaving school today

Mama said, dont worry, Ill be back one day

The blue men in uniform smiled and waved goodbye

She was hiding those tears in her eyes



Roll up the history books, burn the chairs

Set fire to anything, set fire to the air

Theyre hiding [riding? ] to begin and running at the end

cause mama said, you take your life in your hands



Taking your life, your life in your hands

But dont take your life in your hands like I did

I dont feel so bad, and always look forward with hope

Forward and hope that the children will always be there



Cancel the day, cancel the night

Cancel the day, cancel the night

cause who could be watching when she steals and runs away

Full of hysterical laughter, and say



Mama, mama

Ive left school today

I hope I get to see you in that funny school far away

But those gentlemen in blue, and those in grey

Say Ill never, never see mama again



cause she took those lives in her hands

Yes, she took all those lives in her hands

Yes, she took all those lives in her hands

But let me wonder, what was there left in those hands?