Speaking in Tones

In the smoke stained

Number seven apartment

In the J Street Chateau

There's two beds

Ten Kids, out on their own

There's a reverend

Dressed in leather and

He's speaking in tones

Speaking in tones

Speaking in tones

Speaking in tones

In the backroom

Lives a vacuum

You keep running back to

It's a safe zone

Not quite home

Shelter from the storm

But when the rain began

To come creeping in

Find yourself all alone

Speaking in tones

Speaking in tones

Speaking in tones

We'd gather round

Lost in the sound

Way out of this town

We'd be speaking in tones

Speaking in tones

Speaking in tones

Speaking in tones