Song For Nobody

The music plays
At the start of the movie,
And nobody knows my name.

It's a melody.
Passed down through the ages,
And nobody knows my name.

There's a broken man,
All lost and afraid,
And nobody knows my name.

And he walks alone
To the seedy spots
And nobody knows my name.

And he window shops
Then he goes inside
And nobody knows my name.

Then he buys a smile,
And he stays a while
And nobody knows my name.

And when he leaves,
He does up his sleeves,
And nobody knows my name.

And the rain comes down
And hurricanes howl
And nobody knows my name.

Then he finds a bed
And lays down his head
And nobody knows my name.

And he dreams of her,
And cries inside
And nobody knows my name.

Then the next day comes
And he ups and runs
And nobody knows my name.

Now he's ten years gone
It's the same old song
And nobody knows my name.

He's been sent down three times
For separate crimes
And nobody knows my name.

He finds a grave
And places a rose
And nobody knows my name.

He goes to the chapel
Where nobody goes
And nobody knows my name.

Then he picks up his things
And heads to the bridge
And nobody knows my name.

And he thinks of the life
She couldn't deliver
And nobody knows my name.

And he hurls himself
Straight into the river
And nobody knows my name.

Then the music plays
At the end of the movie,
And nobody knows my name.

It's a melody.
Passed down through the ages,
And nobody knows my name.

As the credits roll
All the lovers go home
And nobody knows my name.

There's a drinking man
And he's sinking his pay
And nobody knows my name.

He's a broken man,
All lost and afraid,
And nobody knows my name.