Song For Memory-The Once

[ti:Song For Memory] [ar:The Once] [al:Row Upon Row Of The People They Know] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Song For Memory - The Once [00:10.36]The old men are proud [00:11.89] [00:14.33]Of the songs that they've picked [00:16.53] [00:19.00]Hummin' in time where [00:22.09] [00:23.23]The words come unfixed [00:24.65] [00:27.43]Just five kings left [00:29.49] [00:30.03]Only four can turn tricks [00:33.47] [00:35.71]The tallow is burning a bed for the wicks [00:41.61] [00:43.42]Some get it right while some make mistakes [00:46.88] [00:47.67]Some hear the chorus some only the breaks [00:51.05] [00:51.78]When singing the verse through the sips that he takes [00:55.35] [00:57.35]And some close their eyes as their memories ache [01:01.11] [01:11.29]A full house is five men [01:13.90] [01:15.34]But very few glances [01:17.66] [01:19.85]Shuffle the cards and [01:24.13]Hand out the chances [01:26.11] [01:28.01]One knight to the queen while the clock still advances [01:34.41] [01:36.71]And pondering time in long empty trances [01:43.26] [01:44.25]Stuck in a town where your reach meets the view [01:48.09]Where the dreams that you held were both fleeting and few [01:52.68]They crackle like fire on their way up the floor [01:56.66] [01:57.27]Well each day you're working and weeks and you're due [02:00.94]And it's row upon row of the people you know [02:08.42] [02:09.64]And it's row upon row of the people you know [02:17.49] [02:18.28]Stand still as a choir that hasn't yet sung [02:22.68]Stand still as a choir that hasn't yet sung [02:26.44] [02:27.83]No head goes unnodded [02:29.64] [02:32.02]No head goes unhung [02:34.01] [02:36.34]And the time to head home has long ago come [02:42.74] [02:45.73]The current runs high and are filling their lungs [02:51.60] [02:53.96]Song goes around like a back final tongue [03:00.93]Everytime in the corner [03:04.11] [03:05.52]Its neck left unstrung [03:09.66]And the girl at the bar is impossibly young [03:17.49] [03:18.17]Smiling bright as the clock strikes a quarter past one [03:22.41]And it's row upon row of the people you know [03:29.85] [03:30.93]And it's row upon row of the people you know [03:38.39] [03:39.54]And it's row upon row of the people you know [03:47.47] [03:48.33]Stand still as a choir that hasn't yet sung [03:52.70]Stand still as a choir that hasn't yet sung [03:56.94]Stand still as a choir that hasn't yet sung