Hummingbird,
Floating out just beyond the bars
Not a word
Only the Moon and the planet Mars

I have heard that there’s worlds out beyond the stars
Cold to the bone
Why is so much left unknown
In this House of Stone?

*

Thirteen years
Serving my time in the lion’s den
Living fear
Sweating it out with my fellow men

Waiting here for a chance to begin again
But none is shown
Will I ever get back home
From this House of Stone?

*

Caroleen
Do you still wait outside the gate?
In my dreams
I see our love turning into hate 

And it seems that it’s much too much too much too long to wait
But I’m left all alone
I have nothing to call my own
In this House of Stone

*

Hummingbird,
Floating out just beyond the bars
Not a word
Only the Moon and the planet Mars

I have heard that there’s worlds out beyond the stars
Cold to the bone
Why is so much left unknown
In this House of Stone?

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