Cooper / Jones / Prosser / Telfer
Universal Music 1993
First released on: “Cry Cry” single, 1994
I dreamed I saw the hangman cry…
one fine day
they bring you the bill
it’s the bill for your life
you can’t pay
my old friend
in trouble again
it’s trouble again
your old friend
long past midnight
talking on and on
you’re looking past me
looking past me, longing to be gone
over there life will be better
the sky is blue
over there the grass is greener
and the truth is true
over there the cops are thinner
and your eyes are dry
you can make it through the mirror
through the mirror if you try
and I dreamed I saw the hangman cry…
it’s all too much
the shouts and the sighs
the lovers, the lies
the soft touch
much too much
the dope and the debt
the cold cold sweat
the soft touch
long past midnight
talking on and on
you’re looking past me
looking past me, longing to be gone
over there life will be better
the sky is blue
over there the grass is greener
and the truth is true
over there the cops are thinner
all eyes are dry
you can make it through the mirror
through the mirror if you try
and I dreamed I saw the hangman cry….