Open My Eyes Lyrics - The Artful Dodger - Ian Hunter

(ian hunter/darrel bath) 

(transcribed by colin ford) 

On the avenue of dead umbrellas 

In a place where nothin' sleeps 

No one's pickin' up the pieces - no one speaks 

Snow falls down - God dusts funky town 

For once this place looks pure 

Tell that to the people who live in the wind - they ain't so sure 

In the middle of a violent night - in the glare of a naked light 

In the middle of a nightmare 

At the bottom of the deepest well - in the middle of a private hell 

Shit scared - out there - nowhere 

Then I open my eyes - ice on the window - the sun is tryin' to break through 

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Then I open my eyes - in the land of the livin' - and it's all right 

Seen a man rattle in a battle that no one could win 

I had to turn my soul away 

Shit's gonna happen - whether you like it or not 

S' just the way it is 

Then I open my eyes - boats on the river - headin' down the east side 

Then I open my eyes - and the trash(? ) slips away 

Soft and supple - like some alibi 

You been walkin in her sleep - there ain't no cure for the secrets you hide 

In the middle of my wildest dream - in a place where nothin's what it seems 

At the time of a great loss 

From the hoods and the broken homes - this danger's got a smell of it's own 

In the middle of c-c-chaos 

In the valley of the shadow of death - the bellevue boys out kickin' ass 

In the middle of fire 

Inside the belly of the beast - in a place where wonders never cease 

You go higher, higher, higher 

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Then I open my eyes - life in a nutshell - it's over 'fore you know it 

Then I open my eyes 

And the city wakes up - puts coffee in cups - when I open my eyes 

And the kids go to school - imus rules - when I open my eyes 

I love you n' you love me 

N' it rains so I buy an umbrella from the guy on 23rd and second avenue