Tim O’Brien
When There’s No One Around
[Verse 1]
This is a song that nobody knows
I couldn't begin to describe how it goes
But it makes me cry or laugh right out loud
It's a song that I sing when there's no one around
This is the man that nobody sees
He wears my old clothes and he looks just like me
Just one of the boys who gets lost in the crowd
He's the man that I am when there's no one around

[Chorus]
It's four in the morning
I'm lying in bed
A tape of my failures
Playing inside my head
It's heartaches and hard knocks
And things I don't know
I listen and I wonder
Where will it go

[Verse 2]
This is a glimpse of the child that's within
He's so immature but he's still my best friend
If he could learn how to fly he'd never touch down
He's the kid that I am when there's no one around
This is the dance I do every day
I let my feet go and get carried away
I let my soul lead and follow the sound
It's the dance that I do when there's no one around
[Chorus]
It's four in the morning
I'm lying in bed
A tape of my failures
Playing inside my head
It's heartaches and hard knocks
And things I don't know
I listen and I wonder
Where will it go

[Verse 3]
This is a song that nobody knows
I still can't begin to describe how it goes
But it makes me cry or laugh right out loud
It's a song that I sing when there's no one around