Can You Hear Me Now

<br>(Emmylou Marris/Malcolm Burn)<br><br>O the walls are closin` in I can feel it in my bones<br>Like water risin` up to my chin<br>Another long night to be alone<br>I could go out on the town<br>Talk too much and laugh too loud<br>If I`m already on my way down<br>I might as well just work the crowd<br><br>Can you hear me now<br><br>O the stories I could teil <br>Sometimes I really hit my stride <br>We make our own Heaven and our own Heil<br>Tryin` to get across to the other side <br>But everyday ends up the same <br>One step up, two steps back <br>Like some old silent movie frame <br>Zoom in close, then fade to black<br><br>Can you hear me now<br><br>How did the load get to be<br>so heavy I used to wear my troubie like a crown <br>A bad flood`s poundin` on the levee<br>And l`m gonna need some help <br>To hold my ground<br><br><br>But I`m sinkin` like a stone<br>To where in solitude this life I`ll spend<br>In the coldest place I`ve ever known <br>I`m here just waitin` until the end I send up my S.O.S. <br>A message in a bottle set out to sea It just reads &quot;Soul in distress&quot; <br>But nobody ever got back to me Can you hear me now