Lyrics

THE WORDS UNSPOKEN

First flash: I’m just three months
All the world’s a mirror
I’m trying to tell Mama that I’m cold
But I don’t have words, just images
And I cannot be consoled…
So I scream for the words
Scream for the hope some understanding
might unfold,
When I was on my own…

Next stop: I’m twelve now
Got a pocketful of words
But there’s this stick between my legs
I’ve got no words to explain it
No words describe the urges
Or the questions that it begs--
So I scream from the need,
Scream for release,
Scream from the powder in those kegs
Like I was on my own…

With every season’s yearning
For every heart that’s broken
Each one of the billion, on a planet turning
When from this sleep awoken,
One day we’ll speak the words,
We’ll speak the words unspoken

Last chance, last chapter
There’s less ahead than past
I’m in the last verse of my life
Still I’m struggling,
Find myself reaching—
For the words to get it right
Gone are the hours
Gone are the years
When I could let my silence stand
When I was on my own…

With every season’s yearning
Each day I am awoken
Just one of the billions
On a planet turning
And though the heart gets broken
One day we’ll speak the words of love,
The words unspoken

With every season’s yearning
For every heart broken
We’ll speak the words unspoken…

Words and Music by Richard Baskin