With a minute's silence for the dead   And a minute's silence for the long-lost lovers   No one's really in the mood for beer      With a minute's silence for the child   And a minute's silence for the grieving mothers   There's not much talking going down here      With a minute's silence for the girl   With a minute's silence for the younger brother   Things have never been so clear      With a minute's silence for your friend   With a minute's silence for your long-lost folk   A minute's silence lasts a year      A minute's silence seems a year      And the park is filled with pain   For this age has laid its claim   And the street's about to cry   Cos it longs for passers-by   It longs for passers-by