He walks alone, in shades of blue In overcast and greying hue On charcoal streets in dirty towns He never lets his colours drown And face by face he takes it in Immunity to all the din For in the endless great parade No quieter a fanfare made Than being here just to observe So not to strike the human nerve And never speak when words are rife And live the silent life She walks alone in shades of green Through hazy island summer dreams And in the meadow by the spire She kneels down beside the choir And day by day she takes it in Immunity to all the din For in the endless great charade There's beauty in her silent ways She's living life just to observe And never speaks a single world And tooth by tooth she builds a smile And lives the silent life Living the silent life Living the silent life Living the silent life Living the silent life Living the silent life Living the silent life Living the silent life Living the silent life, silent life