We're just half a dream away 
 Sitting on our fences 
 Building up defences 
 Making up rules by which you play
 
 We're just half way down the road 
 Staking our postions 
 But stupid supersitions 
 Only give fools too heavy a load
 
 The magpie screeched and the windows shattered 
 Her body's bruised but her soul's not battered 
 The fireman tried but the hose was broken 
 The cupboards bare but the door needs closing
 
 We spend half our time away 
 From being where we want to 
 And seeing who it's fun to 
 Not blaming ourselves for our mistakes
 
 We spend half a dream away 
 Looking out of windows 
 Waiting for a signal 
 Waiting for night to close the day
 
 The tree was bare but the birds were singing 
 The milk turned sour and my thirst needs quenching 
 The meat was dead and I need me feeding 
 The room was cold but the night was freezing
 
 The rainbow frowned when the sun was laughing 
 A baby's snatched on a beatiful morning 
 A dog runs wild and the brakes are screaming 
 A church on fire is struck by lightining 
 The dead man's hands had beautiful fingers 
 The princess frowned at her lovers mistress 
 She went insane and poisoned the children 
 A teacher's drowned and a child is laughing