In the still of the night, in the world's ancient light   Where wisdom grows up in strife   My bewilderin' brain, toils in vain   Through the darkness on the pathways of life      Each invisible prayer is like a cloud in the air   Tomorrow keeps turnin' around   We live and we die, we know not why   But I'll be with you when the deal goes down      We eat and we drink, we feel and we think   Far down the street we stray   I laugh and I cry, and I'm haunted by   Things I never meant nor wished to say      The midnight rain follows the train   We all wear the same thorny crown   Soul to soul, our shadows roll   And I'll be with you when the deal goes down      Well, the moon gives light and it shines by night   When I scarcely feel the glow   We learn to live and then we forgive   O'er the road we're bound to go      More frailer than the flowers, these precious hours   That keep us so tightly bound   You come to my eyes like a vision from the skies   And I'll be with you when the deal goes down      Well, I picked up a rose and it poked through my clothes   I followed that winding stream   I heard the deafening noise, I felt transient joys   I know they're not what they seem      In this earthly domain, full of disappointment and pain   You'll never see me frown   I owe my heart to you and that's sayin' it true   And I'll be with you when the deal goes down