It's 9 o'clock and it's all well
Just as far as you can see
But the butcher told the baker
Who called the candlemaker
It's a scandle in the family
Mary Jane's such a sweet child
Living on the edge of town
With a wall around her feelings
What is she concealing
One mistake'll cut you down
Chorus:
So take a letter to the world my friend
Take a letter to the world my friend
Can't we light another candle
Stop and maybe start again
Take a letter to the world my friend
When's the lonely gonna up and end
Can't we talk to one another
Brother don't you need a friend
I've been wasting a life time
Waitin' for a 'wake up' call
But I read the morning papers
Saying all the neighbours hate us
And stocks and shares are gonna fall
Everybodies in rag time
Dancing to a different drum
Heaven knows who wrote the music
For people sure confuse it
In living just for number one
We learn to love, behind the sun
We live in a looking glass
We ride the waves, from day to day
A shadow around the past
And so afraid to ask for love
Chorus:
So take a letter to the world my friend
Take a letter to the world my friend
Can't we light another candle
Stop and maybe start again
Take a letter to the world my friend
When's the lonely gonna up and end
Can't we talk to one another
Brother don't you need a friend