When I Write a Song

Now I’ll sit down and write that song.
I’m tired of listening to this silence.
I’ll write a song everyone will want to hear.
Then they’ll want to hear it from the start.

That way I won’t do anything else.
I’ll stop straining my ears for the silence.
I’ll sing the song.
I’ll travel from town to town with it.
From hall to hall,
from evening to evening,
until I feel
at home everywhere.

That way I won’t hear the silence.
And I’ll stop writing it.