Dean Madonia: Audio/Video

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bad silence
(Scott Avery)

I live on a busy street
Traffic and trouble roar
Twenty four hours a day
Outside my door
One day the sirens stopped

For one whole hour... no sound
That¹s when I heard
The big clock winding down

In the bad silence, in the bad silence
That¹s the day you learn to love the sirens
That¹s the day you learn to love the noise
When you get a dose of that old bad silence

We found a quiet place
Far from the big machine
Me and my own true love
To share our dreams
³Open your heart² I cried
³Where am I in your life?²
You couldn¹t cut that silence
With a knife

In the bad silence, in the bad silence
That¹s the day you learn to love the sirens
That¹s the day you learn to love the noise
When you get a dose of that old bad silence

Bang on the trashcans, Dad
Rattle the saucepans, Mom
Can¹t hear the ticking
Of love¹s little atom bomb
In the bad silence