I called the number by a name   the number sang the word made a flower   the flower smelled it pleased a bird   who flew up high and sang from a tower   the tower did what towers do   it stretched immobile into the sky   the sky got sick of being blue   so it turned black the night had arrived      the night presided over the world   the quiet calm and then came the sun   the sun lit every object it hit   cast a shadow over the ground   the ground held still without a complaint   although it withstood the weight of the throng   and we all walk along on the streets   lost in our thoughts and making up songs      our mouths will be filled with laughter   our tongues with songs of joy   our mouths will be filled with laughter   our tongues with songs of joy      music drifted into the air   where is dissolved into the clouds   condensed to drips while floating along   while turning gray and raining down   the rain came down with all of its might   in order to wash the street down below   the street got slick and cracked from the rain   and it made all of the cars drive slow   a car broke down and rolled to a stop   from out of it stepped a mother and child   the mother then frowned and wrinkled her brow   the kid just bounced a ball for a while   the ball was dizzy from all of the fuss   so it rolled off and went in a stream   the stream thought it was busy enough   carrying fish and watering trees      our mouths will be filled with laughter   our tongues with songs of joy   our mouths will be filled with laughter   our tongues with songs of joy   our mouths will be filled with laughter   our tongues with songs of joy   our mouths will be filled with laughter   our tongues with songs of joy      And I know you have your doubts   and I know you don't believe   that the spark redeems the word   and it's holy air you breathe   and the breath that moves along   and the spark creates the song   And I know you have your doubts   and I know you don't believe   that the spark redeems the word   and it's holy air you breathe   and the breath that moves along   and the spark creates the song   And I know you have your doubts   and I know you don't believe   that the spark redeems the word   and it's holy air you breathe   and the breath that moves along   and the spark creates the song   And I know you have your doubts   and I know you don't believe   that the spark redeems the word   and it's holy air you breathe   and the breath that moves along   and the spark creates the song   And I know you have your doubts   and I know you don't believe      our mouths will be filled with laughter   our tongues with songs of joy   our eyes are toward there hereafter   to find the living voice   our mouths will be filled with laughter   our tongues with songs of joy   our eyes are toward there hereafter   to find the living voice   our mouths will be filled with laughter   our tongues with songs of joy   our eyes are toward there hereafter   to find the living voice