Somewhere in a room
With a poster on a wall
Of a man with his hand

In a fist

Is a woman who's drinking

And her dress is so tight
You can see every breath
That she takes


Every sigh, every sway
You can hear everything that they say

Something's begun like a war
Or a family or a friendship
Or a fast love affair


The man on the wall
Is his symbol of freedom

It means he has brothers
Who believe as he does


She is moved by
The thing that she sees in his face
Whe he talks of

The cause

Every sigh, every sway

You can hear everything that they say
Something's begun like a war
Or a family or a friendship

Or a fast love affair

She leans against him

Her dress is so red
They talk of the salt
And the truth and the bread


The night goes along
The fan goes around

In the room off the street
At the end of the town


Every sigh, every sway
You can hear everything that they say
Something's begun like a war

Or a family or a friendship
Or a fast love affair