Listen To The Silence Lyrics - Bruce Hornsby

You know I think it's a funny thing 

People talk without listening 

People listen without hearing 

I do it all the time 

You know it's a funny phenomenon 

People on their constant run 

So obvious to me and yet 

I never stop to get set 

Listen to the silence 

You might hear what you're looking for 

Hearing nothing but the sound of your mind 

Listen to the silence 

A little quiet time 

You just might find what you're after 

If you close your eyes 

There's a jackhammer here and a speechmaker there 

Here a gun, there a gun, everywhere 

See my man go tearing his hair 

When everything's fine 

I don't pretend to know a lot 

I'll do the best with what I've got 

Clear my head and give it a shot 

Till the stars line up right 

Listen to the silence 

You might hear what you're looking for 

Hearing nothing but the sound of your mind 

Listen to the silence 

A little quiet time 

You just might find what you're after 

If you close your eyes 

This isn't deep, it's not profound 

It's just something that I think about now 

Had to find a new way around 

The old way's not right 

Self-help books and the latest moves 

Who knows what will get you through 

Don't know about me, less about you 

I don't know but I'll try 

Listen to the silence 

You might hear what you're looking for 

Hearing nothing but the sound of your mind 

Listen to the silence 

A little quiet time 

You just might find what you're after 

If you free your mind 

It's a noisy life I'm living right now 

Believe I've done my time in the loud 

Noisy life I'm living right now 

I've played my joyful song with a loud sound