Voices Lyrics - Jim Carroll

Bob drives taxis when the meter runs 

Bobby hears the music when it's done 

He hears the voices 

He hears the voices 

Wheels on rain, lightning from the storm 

Bobby takes the gas 

Pedal to the floor 

The voices 

He hears the voices 

Refrain: 

Coming from the traffic, 

Coming from the cube 

Like the cry of babies 

Passing through a tube 

Voices run inside you 

Jill breathes carbon trailing from the bus, it's like 

Staring in the eyes of lazarus 

The voices 

She hears the voices 

Like a starving whisper no one ever heard 

Like an epileptic hummingbird 

The voices 

She hears the voices 

Repeat refrain 

Sal and liz sitting at the zoo 

Sal says "i do . . . but liz do you 

Hear the voices 

Do you hear the voices? " 

Everything relaxes, everything is gray 

Trapped in glass . . . on display 

The voices 

They hear all the voices 

Repeat refrain 

Gwynne is bored with all the rules and names 

She wants her life to be a video game 

The voices 

She hears the voices 

Too much controlthe have have not 

Slide another quarter into the slot 

The voices 

She hears the voices 

Repeat refrain