Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Taking Your Life In Your Hands , by - John Cale. Release date: 21.01.2016
Song language: English
Taking Your Life In Your Hands |
| The children are all leaving school today |
| Mama said, don’t worry, I’ll be back one day |
| The blue men in uniform smiled and waved goodbye |
| She was hiding those tears in her eyes |
| Roll up the history books, burn the chairs |
| Set fire to anything, set fire to the air |
| They’re hiding (riding?) to begin and running at the end |
| 'Cause mama said, you take your life in your hands |
| Taking your life, your life in your hands |
| But don’t take your life in your hands like I did |
| I don’t feel so bad, and always look forward with hope |
| Forward and hope that the children will always be there |
| Cancel the day, cancel the night |
| Cancel the day, cancel the night |
| 'Cause who could be watching when she steals and runs away |
| Full of hysterical laughter, and say |
| Mama, mama |
| I’ve left school today |
| I hope I get to see you in that funny school far away |
| But those gentlemen in blue, and those in grey |
| Say I’ll never, never see mama again |
| 'Cause she took those lives in her hands |
| Yes, she took all those lives in her hands |
| Yes, she took all those lives in her hands |
| But let me wonder, what was there left in those hands? |