the barstools built for dreamers we ll fit fine and find all the worlds dreams have died but tonight they re only taking thirsty people who ve been pullin on their drinks from a glass that lies a bar length wide and in the drink there swim the swimmers and those whose swims have dried take another look take another pull take another pour take another pull before you take a ride heir to an open barstool right there s one by mary the fool mary sees the bartender s knees and she says that it s a bottle that she was born to be and i say that s cool just right right for a fool thinkin whiskey she bought me a drink i won t cross a word of what the lady thinks pray i don t cross what the lady thinks she s been thinking out too loud though this time i can t hear the pinball machine well there s a birdman playing tiny little sideways bongos pulling all those words down down down look at how the numbers glow in the glass there rolls the iron ball and a quarter states the toll that s all you take another look take another pull take another pour take another pull before you take a chance look at your hands they re just right for a new kinda dance just forget what your bodies just done and ride all the waves that the drums rest on like the smallest babies do ya know the little newborn babies do if there s some food that the moon feeds on a baby won t hold it back won t hold it back baby doesn t know what i just said baby doesn t know the words that i just used babies haven t learned any words yet babies haven t been used by any words yet people only think people only talk people only think in words they already know the babies haven t learned any words yet they only know what the people feel they don t really care what the people think they only care what the people feel music only knows what the people feel babies only care and hear what the people feel fee