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As wise as a serpent - Gerry Rafferty



Well we sit in empty rooms and dream our lives away
While the spirits come and go without a sound
And just like you and me, they’re tryin’ to find a way, find a way, find a way home.

There’s a full moon in the sky, but that don’t worry me
I don’t ever hang my soul out on the line
When the witchin’ hour comes, I always fly away, fly away, fly away home.

There’s a light in the city, that comes down from above
Leavin’ you as wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove
Don’t blow your tomorrows, don’t throw away your love
You’ve got to be as wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove. [1]

Now you once asked me why we can’t communicate
But it doesn’t always pay to tell the truth
If I told you right now, you’d only run away, run away, run away home
[2]
So we sit in empty rooms and dream our lives away
While the spirits come and go without a sound
Yeah just like you and me, they’re tryin’ to find a way, find a way, find a way home.

There’s a light in the city, that comes down from above
Leavin’ you as wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove
Don’t blow your tomorrows, don’t throw away your love
You’ve got to be as wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove. [1]

[1] Referring to Matthew 10:16. It was dangerous to speak about the new religion at first.
[2] He cannot tell his wife about it. She might think he has gone crazy and run away.