Thief in the night

It was one long party, one helluva show
A rubber shot whip that cracked like glass
No-one knew what happened until it had passed
Oh, and innocence, like dirt on the floor
Got washed away by an ice cold hand
We watched it disappear...like a thief in the night.

Another stranger, another sad lost soul
A methelated tramp with brain-crease skin
The distance between us is paper thin
There's no law that's going to stop it
And the luck in his way
Seems to disappear... like a thief in the night.

	Give him room to breathe
	But don't leave him alone
	He lives in a glass house
	And he's always throwing stones
	He signs his name in numbers
	Clothes himself in light
	Watch him disappear
	Like a thief in the night

Well, the party's over, and the band's gone home
And everyone's back in their hole in the wall
Waiting for the world outside to call
Oh, and innocence, like blood on the floor
Got washed away with an ice-cold hand
We watched it disappear...Like a thief in the night


Words and Music: David Parkin