When There's No One Around Lyrics - Tim O'brien

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