Say it's alright Joe
  I need another drink
  To blow on the glass so I know I'm alive
  
  Play me a song Joe
  To fill the hours till morning
  Then never again will I bother you
  Ooh, build myself a tower
  No way in no way out
  Then my friends can visit me
  Once in a while
  
  Say it's alright Joe
  
  I need some reassurance
  You never know what you might find in the night
  Ooh I'm just a busy bee, still alive in my hive
  Looking for some other world
  To dream out my dreams
  There were kings who were laughing in the rain
  And they told me I'd come here to lead the parade
  All the colours were changing, the sky was in ruins
  The lights are all shining on me and on you
  Shine on ...
  
  Oh, say it's alright Joe
  The night will soon be over
  And nothing and no one will ever know
  
  Open my eyes Joe
  I'd like to see the daylight
  The clock on the wall says it's time to leave
  Never seen the same face twice
  Never walked the same way
  The little love that I have known
  I keep it to myself
  
  If there's a fire it's asleep in my bed
  I must leave it to burn until it burns itself out
  Catch as you can I'm not staying here long
  I'll be coming back early or never at all
  Shine on ...