And he strains to hear the words the people say
There's a crowd outside peering through his window
And he wishes that the crowd would go away
verse 2
Then a friend waving a paper ran his way
Now there's a crowd outside peering through his window
And he wishes that the crowd would go away
verse 3
He was just a Joe, a John, a Phil, a Michael
An ordinary man with feet of clay
Now every move he makes the camera follows
And all he's ever done is on display
verse 4
He'd never hurt a soul, he'd never argued
He'd never dreamed his life could go astray
Now there's a crowd outside peering through his window
And he wishes that the crowd would go away
VERSE 5
Friends he trusted once have turned their faces
Now he sits alone there every day
Ex-lovers have been paid for their confessions
For photographs and lies and hearsay
VERSE 6
He reads and reads and reads again the letters
From strangers saying god comes if you pray
But there's a crowd outside peering through his window
And he wishes that the crowd would go away
VERSE 7
They're beating on his door, he stands at bay
There's a crowd outside, a stone comes through the window
Now he knows the crowd will never go away