Strictly Confidential Lyrics - Roxy Music

Before I die I'll write this letter 

Here are the secrets you must know 

Until the cloak of evening shadow 

Changes to mantle of the dawn 

Will it be sunny then I wonder? 

Rolling and turning 

How can I sleep? 

Hold on till morning 

What if I fall? 

Over the hills and down the valleys 

Soaring aloft and far below 

Lying on stony ground the fragments 

Truth is the seed we tried to sow 

Marking the time spent on our journey 

There isn't much we have to show 

Counting the cost in money only 

Strikes me as funny don't you know? 

Tongue tied the thread of conversation 

Weighing the words one tries to use 

Nevertheless communication 

This is the gift you must not lose 

Hauling me always are the voices 

(Tell us are you ready now?) 

Sometimes I wonder if they're real 

(We're ready to receive you now) 

Or is it my own imagination? 

(Have you any more to say?) 

Guilt is a wound that's hard to heal 

(It's a cross you have to bear) 

Could it be evil thoughts become me 

(Tell us what you're thinking now) 

Some things are better left unsaid 

Magical moment 

The spell it is breaking 

There is no light here 

Is there no key?