blind man lyrics

Tell me why the blind man cries
Oh, he sheds a tear because he just can't hear children singing
How he used to fantasize
Of standing next to some children who are doing singing

And, and the shoulders get colder and colder
And his tears
And his tears fall on deaf ears

Falling apart
At the seams and no one seems to care
You can't cry forever
Eileen, wouldn't want you to, I swear

Now, he's just an empty shell
Oh, since Eileen died the other side seems so appealing
Compared to this living hell
Oh, she haunts his sleep, his wounds too deep for any healing

With his arteries starting to harden
She is gone
She is gone and it's all wrong

Falling apart
At the seams and no one seems to care
You can't cry forever
Eileen, wouldn't want you to, I swear, so there