Lyrics Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien

When There's No One Around

This is a song that nobody knows

I couldn't begin to describe how it goes

But it makes me cry or laugh right out loud

It's a song that I sing when there's no one around

This is the man that nobody sees

He wears my old clothes and he looks just like me

If he learn how to fly he'd never touch down

The man that I am when there's no one around

It's four in the morning, I'm lyin' in bed

A tape of my failures, playin' inside my head

And it's hard knocks and heartache and things I don't know

I listen and I wonder where will it go

This is a glimpse of a child within

He's so immature but he's still my best friend

Just one of the boys who gets lost in the crowd

The kid that I am when there's no one around

This is the dance I do every day

I let my feet go and they wander away

I let my soul lead and follow the sound

The dance that I do when there's no one around

It's four in the morning and I'm lyin' in bed

A tape of my failures, playin' inside my head

It's hard knocks and heartache and things I don't know

I listen and I wonder where will it go

Now this is a song that nobody knows

I couldn't begin to describe how it goes

But it makes me cry or laugh right out loud

It's a song that I sign when there's no one around

The dance that I do, follow the sound

The one deep inside there's no one around

The song that I sign when there's no one around