Strawbs - Hanging in the gallery
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Tuning: G C E A
song written by Dave Cousins
ICs it the painteCr or the pCicture
AmHanging in the galleCry?
AmAdmired by countless thoCusands
Who atteAmmpt to read the seCcrets
Of his visCion of his veDry soul.
Is it the paintCer or the piCcture
AmHanging in the gaCllery?
Or Amis it but a stCill life
Of his oAmwn interpretatCion
Of the wAmay that God had mCade us
In the imaCge oDf His eCye?
Is it the scuClptor or the sCculpture
Amstanding in the gaCllery?
AmTouched by fleeting sCtrangers
Who dAmesire to feel the stCrength of hands
That realisCed a fDorm of life.
Is it the sculCptor or the scCulpture
Amstanding in the gaCllery?
Or Amis it but the teCnderness
With whiAmch his hands were guCided
To disAmcard the uneCssentials
And reveCal the pDerfect tCruth?
Is it the actCor or the drCama
AmPlaying to the gaCllery?
AmHeard in every coCrner
Of the theAmatre of crCuelty\par
That mCasks the humour Din his speech.
Is it the aCctor or the dCrama
AmPlaying to the gallCery?
Or iAms it but the chCaracter
Of aAmny single mCember of the auAmdience
That fCorms the plot
Of eCach and eDvery pClay?
Is it the siCnger or his liCkeness
AmHanging in the gaCllery?
AmTongue black, still and swCollen,
His eyes sAmtaring from their socCkets,
He is siClent now, will siDng no more.
Is it the sCinger or his liCkeness
AmHanging in the gCallery?
Or iAms it but his coCnscience,
InsAmecurity, and lonCeliness,
When dAmestiny becComes at last
The causCe oCf hDis deCmise?