[Verse 1]
This is the song that nobody knows
I couldn't begin to describe how it goes
But it makes me cry and laugh right out loud
It's the song I sing when there's no one around

[Verse 2]
This is the man that nobody sees
He wears my old clothes and he looks just like me
And if he learned how to fly he'd never touch down
It's the man I am when there's no one around

[Chorus]
It's four in the morning, I'm lying in bed
With a tape of my failures playing inside my head
The hard knocks and heartaches, things I don't know
I listen and wonder, where will it go?

[Verse 3]
This is aglimpse of the child within
He's so immature but he's still my best friend
He's just one of the boys who gets lost in a crowd
It's the kid I am when there's no one around

[Verse 4]
This is the dance I do everyday
I let my soul lead and it takes me away
And it leads my steps to higher ground
It's the dance I do when there's no one around
[Chorus]
Oh it's four in the morning, I'm lying in bed
With a tape of my failures playing inside my head
The hard knocks and heartaches, things I don't know
I listen and wonder, where will it go?

[Verse 1 Repeated]
Oh this is the song that nobody knows
I couldn't begin to describe how it goes
But it makes me cry and laugh right out loud
It's the song I sing
It's the dance I do
It's the kid and the man I am when there's no one around

[Verse 1]
I was standing by my window
On a cold and cloudy, cold and cloudy, day
When I saw that hearse come rollin'
For to carry my mother away

[Verse 2]
Well I told that undertaker
Undertaker please drive slow (please drive slow)
For the body you are hauling
I sure hate to see that woman go
[Chorus]
Will the circle be unbroken
By and by Lord by and by
Please tell me there's a better home awaiting
In the sky lord in the sky

[Verse 3]
Well I followed close behind them
I tried to stand up, I tried to stand up, and be brave
But I could not hold back my sorrow
When they laid her in the grave

[Chorus]
Will the circle be unbroken
By and by Lord by and by
Please tell me there's a better home awaiting
In the sky Lord in the sky

[Verse 4]
I went back home but my home, it was was lonesome
Since my mother, she was gone
All of my brothers and my sisters crying
Lord what a home so sad and lonesome

[Chorus]
Now will the circle be unbroken
By and by Lord by and by
Yeah there's a better home awaiting
In the sky Lord in the sky
Yeah there's a better home awaiting
In the sky Lord in the sky, Lord in the sky