Conversation Piece David Bowie I [Am]took this walk to ease my [G] mind To find out what's gnawing at me [F] Wouldn't think, to look at me, that I've [Am]spent a lot of time in education [G] It all seems so long ago I'm a [Am]thinker, not a talker [G]I've no-one to talk to, anyway I [Am]can't see the road for the [G]rain in my [F]eyes [Am]Ahhh,[G]ahhh,[F7]ah,[F]ah. I [Am]live above the grocers [G]store, owned by an [F]Austrian He often calls me down to eat And he [Am]jokes about his broken English, [G]tries to be a friend to me But for [Am]all my years of reading conversation, [G]I stand without a word to say I [Am]can't see the bridge for the [G]rain in my [F]eyes [Am]Ahhh,[G]ahhh,[F7]ah,[F]ah. And the [Am]world is full of [G]life Full of folk who don't know [F]me And they walk in twos or threes or more While the [Am]light that shines above the grocers store [G]investigates my face so rudely And my [Am]essays lying scattered on the floor [G]Fullfil their needs just by being there And my hands shake, my head hurts, my voice sticks inside my [F7]throat I'm [Am]invisible and [G]dumb, no-one will recall [F]me And I [Am]can't see the water through the [G]tears in my [F]ey-y-yes