Weeping Statues - Graham Parker

Weeping statues, Elvis sightings

Visitations, man struck by lightning

Everyday someone gets a sign

It rips apart the fabric of their daily lives

Is It fear of flying that

Keeps us rooted to the ground

Everyone is trying to stay trapped and gagged and bound

The blind girl saw it the deaf man heard it

The cripple stood up and walked towards it

The handless man wrote it down to report it

The moron changed the words around to distort it

Ah his hand was steady and his mind was clear to think

But it came out in black and white, written In invisible ink

Weeping statues, Elvis sightings

Stained glass window, man struck by lightning

Every minute someone loses control

And sees things how they really are

And not how they’re told

But statues only weep for some

And Elvis just shows up when he’s hungry

Lightning strikes at everyone

But only hits the very lucky