John Wesley Harding - After The Fact Lyrics
There is a room that you just now walked out ofIt has everything in it but youThere's a mirror that knew what you looked likeAnd a door that has ruined the view There's a carpet depressed by your footstepsA hallway which echoes their soundThere's an arrow that points to the exitAnd a lift that goes no further down, no further downThere's a stage play that shows every evening With no prompter, no plot and no linesThe actors don't know what they're doingThey improvise all of their livesAnd the action's all happening offstageWhere the props meet the actual things Someone saw you with a gun in your handI heard the report from the wingsYou say you're leavingWhen I know that you're goneAfter the fact, you'll be back But long after the songIf ever I try to run afterThe ceiling reveals the skyThe carpet is pulled out from underThe walls disappear in the flies Behind them, the lenses of camerasThey all want a piece of us nowThe story behind the unmakingThe what and the why and the howExcuse if I choose not to bow You say you're leavingWhen I know that you're goneAfter the fact, you'll be backBut long after the song is goneAfter the fact, you'll be gone But long after the song
