As I Sat Sadly By Her Side Gerd Köster & Dirk Raulf

As I sat sadly by her side
At the window, through the glass
She stroked a kitten in her lap
And we watched the world as it fell past
Softly she spoke these words to me
With brand new eyes, open wide
We pressed our faces to the glass
As I sat sadly by her side

She said, father, mother, sister, brother
Uncle, aunt, and nephew, niece
Soldier, sailor, physician, labourer
Actor, scientist, mеchanic, priest
Earth and moon and sun and stars
And planets and comets with tails blazing
All arе there forever falling
Falling lovely and amazing

Then she turned to me and smiled
And waited for me to reply
Her hair was falling down her shoulder
As I sat sadly by her side

As I sat sadly by her side
The kitten she did gently pass
Over to me and again we pressed
Our different faces to the glass
That may be very well, I said
But watch the man falling in the street
See him gesture to his neighbours
See him trampled beneath their feet
All outward motion connects to nothing
For each is concerned with their immediate need
Witness the man reaching up from the gutter
See the other one stumbling on who you cannot see