All Thing

Keep it in your palm

Or hold it like a stone

Was heavy on your hand and you don't want it

But it's yours

And there was someone in the room

And they were banging on the wall

There were lights from under the door

And you were laughing at the jokes

And the table was laid

And outside in the street, outside

They were singing all night long

Standards, hymns and anthems

Standards, hymns and anthems

Standards, hymns and anthems

They were singing

Standards, hymns and anthems

Standards, hymns and anthems

But I couldn't sing along

There's an old man at the door

With a box of tricks and a candelabra

And I held it in my hand

I held it like a stone

Past unexploded continental bombs

The countryside screams

Merry was the song

They were singing as they went along

Standards, hymns and anthems

Standards, hymns and anthems

Standards, hymns and anthems

Standards, hymns and anthems

Standards, hymns and anthems

Standards, hymns and anthems

And I couldn't sing along

But I couldn't sing along

But I couldn't sing along