Memory finds you on your knees
So solo sang and
You were destined
We were freshmen, mere young men
If talk was cheap we broke our bills
For pocket change
All of last month's wage

India was on your mind
The village square
For a wedding, watered scotch and some strange dare
Oh, that boy deserves some rest
Some silent soul

Ah-ah

He said: I heard him tell and I didn't breathe a word
He said: It came right down, my mouth felt so absurd
He said: I knew it on the instant, on the sound
He said: I heard him tell

And the rock above the corn
The frank design
Christmas came and went, you cried for too much time
There are things that must be said
And few will rhyme

Ah-ah

He said: I heard him tell and I didn't breathe a word
He said: It came right down, my mouth felt so absurd
He said: I knew it on the instant, on the sound
He said: I heard him tell

Ah-ah
Ah-ah
Ah-ah
Ah-ah