Tower of Song

My friends are gone and my hair is grey

I ache in the places that I used to play

And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on

I'm paying my rent everyday in the Tower of Song

I said to Hank Williams "How lonely does it get?"

Hank Williams hasn't answered yet

But I hear him coughing all night long

One thousand floors above me in the Tower of Song

Well I was born like this I had no choice

I was born with the gift of a golden voice

And twenty seven angels from the great beyond

They tied me to this table right here in the Tower of Song

I see you standing on the other side

Don't know how the river got so wide

I know you used to love me

That was way back when

Well you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll

I'm really sorry baby it don't look like me at all

I'm standing at the window where the light is strong

But they won't let a woman kill you in the Tower of Song

I bid you farewell I don't know when I'll be back

They're moving us tomorrow to the tower down the track

But you'll be hearing from me baby long after I'm gone

I'll be whispering to you sweetly from a window in the Tower of Song

I'll be whispering to you sweetly from a window in the Tower of Song