Virginia Woolf Lyrics by Indigo Girls
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Some will strut and some will fret
See this an hour on the stage
Others will not but they'll sweat
In their hopelessness in their rage
We're all the same men of anger
And the women of the page

They published your diary
And that's how I got to know you
The key to the room of your own
And a mind without end

And here's a young girl
On a kind of a telephone line through time
And the voice at the other end
Comes like a long lost friend

So I know I'm alright
Life will come and life will go
Still I feel it's alright
'Cause I just got a letter to my soul

And when my whole life is on the tip of my tongue
Empty pages for the no longer young
The apathy of time laughs in my face
You say "Each life has it's place"

The hatches were battened
The thunder clouds rolled and the critics stormed
The battle surrounded the white flag of your youth
If you need to know that you weathered the storm
Of cruel mortality
A hundred years later I'm sittin' here living proof

So you know you're alright
(Life will come and go)
Life will come and life will go
Still you'll feel it's alright
(Someone gets your soul)
Someone'll get a letter to your soul

When your whole life is on the tip of your tongue
Empty pages for the no longer young
The apathy of time laughed in your face
Did you hear me say "Each life has its place"?

The place where you hold me
Is dark in a pocket of truth
The moon had swallowed the sun
And the light of the earth

And so it was for you
When the river eclipsed your life
And sent your soul like a message
In a bottle to me
And it was my rebirth

So we know we're alright
Though life will come, life will go
Still you'll feel it's alright
(Someone gets your soul)
Someone'll will get a letter to your soul

(An' when my whole life is on the tip of my tongue)
An' when you know you're alright
And you feel you're alright
(Empty pages for the no longer young)
You'll say dry our eyes
(You said)

(And you said)
And you feelin' dry your eyes
(Each life has it's place)
You know it's all right
(It'll be alright)
And it's all riiight
Some will strut and some will fret   See this an hour on the stage   Others will not but they'll sweat   In their hopelessness in their rage   We're all the same men of anger   And the women of the page      They published your diary   And that's how I got to know you   The key to the room of your own   And a mind without end      And here's a young girl   On a kind of a telephone line through time   And the voice at the other end   Comes like a long lost friend      So I know I'm alright   Life will come and life will go   Still I feel it's alright   'Cause I just got a letter to my soul      And when my whole life is on the tip of my tongue   Empty pages for the no longer young   The apathy of time laughs in my face   You say "Each life has it's place"      The hatches were battened   The thunder clouds rolled and the critics stormed   The battle surrounded the white flag of your youth   If you need to know that you weathered the storm   Of cruel mortality   A hundred years later I'm sittin' here living proof      So you know you're alright   (Life will come and go)   Life will come and life will go   Still you'll feel it's alright   (Someone gets your soul)   Someone'll get a letter to your soul      When your whole life is on the tip of your tongue   Empty pages for the no longer young   The apathy of time laughed in your face   Did you hear me say "Each life has its place"?      The place where you hold me   Is dark in a pocket of truth   The moon had swallowed the sun   And the light of the earth      And so it was for you   When the river eclipsed your life   And sent your soul like a message   In a bottle to me   And it was my rebirth      So we know we're alright   Though life will come, life will go   Still you'll feel it's alright   (Someone gets your soul)   Someone'll will get a letter to your soul      (An' when my whole life is on the tip of my tongue)   An' when you know you're alright   And you feel you're alright   (Empty pages for the no longer young)   You'll say dry our eyes   (You said)      (And you said)   And you feelin' dry your eyes   (Each life has it's place)   You know it's all right   (It'll be alright)   And it's all riiight