Conversation Piece — текст песни (David Bowie)

I took this walk to ease my mind

To find out whats gnawing at me

Wouldnt think to look at me,

That Ive spent a lot of time in education

It all seems so long ago

Im a thinker, not a talker

Ive no-one to talk to, anyway



I cant see the road

For the rain in my eyes

Ahhh ...



I live above the grocers store,

Owned by an austrian

He often calls me down to eat

And he jokes about his broken english,

Tries to be a friend to me

But for all my years of reading conversation,

I stand without a word to say



I cant see the bridge

For the rain in my eye

Ahhh...



And the world is full of life

Full of folk who dont know me

And they walk in twos or threes or mor

While the light that shines above the grocers store

Investigates my face so rudely

And my essays lying scattered on the floor

Fulfill their needs just by being there

And my hands shake, my head hurts,

My voice sticks inside my throat

Im invisible and dumb,

And no-one will recall me



And I cant see the water

Through the tears in my ey-y-yes