You`d better listen anybody, `cos I`m gonna make it clear
that my life is unimportant; what I`ve done I did through fear
There`s a river running through me: on its tide I tried to hide
nonetheless I could not shake it, and in the end it swept aside
all my feeble unimportance. I can`t say it, never mind
Can`t you hear me mother calling you? I`m cold, I`m deaf, I`m blind
And if only `cos you`re lucky, we both know that`s no find
I did think I`d be an actor. What I am I`ll leave behind

You`d better listen anybody, `cos it`s me and you --that`s it
and in case you find your maker perhaps you`ll plead for us a bit
All my sick is in my stomach, all my sweat is clearly fear
and if you could see inside me I don`t think you`d have me here
Tell the helmsman veer to starboard, bring this ship around to port
and if the sea was not so salty I could sink instead of walk
And in case of passing strangers who are standing where I fell
tell the truth: you never knew me, and in truth it`s just as well