Joseph was a good man though he killed his wife
And [someone's?] little children, he took their lives

This was the act of a desperate man
With all the love in his eyes and no evil hands


He was standing at the sky's edge
And out there, who knows what he's thinking?
He was sliding down the sky's razors edge

And watched his life slowly sinking away, away, away

Mary was a troubled girl, she stole to eat

She had to sell her body to put the shoes on her feet
Stole a car and tried to get away
Now all that she hears is the rain on the roof in sky's edge, jail


She was standing at the sky's edge
And out there, who knows what she's thinking?

She was sliding down the sky's razors edge
And watched her life slowly sinking away, away, away


They were standing at the sky's edge
And out there, who knows what they're thinking?
They were sliding down the sky's razors edge

And watched their lives, slowly sinking away, away, away

Jacob was misguided, he carried a blade

So much fear in the city, it carried him away
Young men are fighting and losing their lives
At night as the screech owls in the trees watch, young men die


They were standing at the sky's edge
And out there, who knows what they're thinking?

They were sliding down the sky's razors edge
And watched their lives, slowly sinking


They were standing at the sky's edge
And out there, there's dangerous thinking
They were standing at the river's edge

And watched their lives, slowly sinking away, away, away