[ti:Conversation Piece (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix)] [ar:David Bowie] [al:Toy (Toy:Box)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.13]Conversation Piece (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix) - David Bowie [00:01.06]Lyrics by:David Bowie [00:01.31] [00:03.66]I took this walk to ease my mind [00:06.90] [00:09.78]To find out what's gnawing at me [00:11.78] [00:13.82]Wouldn't think to look at me [00:15.58] [00:20.75]That I've spent a lot of time in education [00:23.72] [00:26.50]All seems so long ago [00:28.42] [00:33.18]I'm a thinker not a talker [00:35.14] [00:38.90]I've no-one to talk to anyway [00:40.99] [00:41.69]I can't see the road [00:44.25] [00:44.95]For the rain in my eyes [00:49.10] [00:59.71]I live above the grocers' store [01:03.01] [01:05.87]Owned by an Austrian [01:07.74] [01:10.11]He often calls me down to eat [01:12.18] [01:16.93]And he jokes about his broken english [01:19.60] [01:22.68]Tries to be a friend to me [01:24.38] [01:29.49]But for all my years of reading conversation [01:32.34] [01:34.82]I stand without a word to say [01:36.93] [01:37.69]I can't see the bridge [01:40.54] [01:41.23]For the rain in my eyes [01:45.28] [01:51.71]In my eyes [01:53.50] [01:55.85]And the world is full of life [01:59.20] [02:02.00]Full of folk who don't know me [02:04.00] [02:05.71]And they walk in twos or threes or more [02:08.62] [02:12.94]While the lamp that shines above the grocers' store [02:16.42] [02:17.93]Investigates my face so rudely [02:20.68] [02:25.36]And my essays lying scattered on the floor [02:28.52] [02:30.36]Fulfil their needs just by being there [02:33.26]And my hands shake my head hurts [02:35.94]My voice sticks inside my throat [02:38.28] [02:38.88]I'm invisible and dumb [02:40.66] [02:41.23]And no-one will recall me [02:43.46] [02:45.71]And I can't see the water [02:49.77]For the tears in my eyes