She Closed Her Eyes Lyrics - Chris Rea

She closed her eyes 

And let the walls of her prison fall away 

The walls that ached with a timeless wait 

They had become her walls of this modern tv life 

She closed her eyes 

And let them fall away 

And in her dreams she is standing by an ocean 

She is gazing out to sea 

She can remember with just a fleeting glimpse 

That she was once free 

So long ago now, so long it was as if it had never been 

Was it a holiday 

She thinks it could have been, ah yes, italy 

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And he closes his eyes 

And he is gone far away 

Gone from all the confusion 

Gone from all the pain 

He can easily see what a pointless waste 

His modern life has become 

Chasing the gravy grain 

Chasing the dollar 

Chasing the clock 

Chasing his male friends 

Chasing the boss 

Chasing as it was everything 

It was nothing 

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Only the sound of his own breathing was all he had 

At the end of the day 

And reasons to wonder, reasons to cry 

Too late for this selfish sinner who never asked why