The Wood and the Wire

Still at school, hand of fate

On a radio show one night so late

Teacher's words didn't inspire

But he heard some truth in the wood and the wire

In a high street window it winked and beckoned

Turned his head in a single second

First month's wage, heart's desire

Under the spell of the wood and the wire

The wood and the wire can clam a man

Dreams in his fingers, power in his hands

Louder than laughter, brighter than fire

The promise that lives in the wood and the wire

Every night through the bedroom door

Every heart-throb's favourite score

Singing to his only one

All the songs that ever sung

Soaking It up like it was spilt

Every note with every hit

Even the mirror no longer a liar

Caught his moves in the wood and the wire

The wood and the wire can clam a man

Dreams in his fingers, power in his hands

Louder than laughter, brighter than fire

The promise that lives in the wood and the wire

Wheels turn round, years go by

Dreams that live and dreams that die

Hopes get swallowed by those cracks

Tears he sheds with words he lacks

Head won't rise from the mire

But It all makes sense with the wood and the wire

The wood and the wire cuts through rules

Hope to the lonely sense to the fools

Love to the stranger, truth to the liar

You've got the means with the wood and the wire

The wood and the were cuts through rules

Hope to the lonely, sense to the fools

Love to the stranger, truth to the liar

Well you've got the means with the wood and the wire

The wood and the wire can clam a man

Dreams in his fingers, power in his hands

Louder than laughter, brighter than fire

The promise that lives in the wood and the wire