When

stun-

ted

hand

earns

place

with

man

by

mere

mon-

stro-

si-

ty

A-

larms

are

struck

and

shore

is

shook

by

sheer

a-

tro-

ci-

ty

A

cure

I

know

that

soothes

the

soul,

does

so

im-

pos-

si-

bly

A

mo-

ment's

si-

lence

when

my

ba-

by

puts

the

mouth

on

Me

and

my

ba-

be

re-

lax

and

catch

the

ma-

nic

rhap-

so-

dy

All

rea-

son

flown,

as

God

looks

on

in

ab-

ject

a-

pa-

thy

A

squall,

and

all

of

me

is

a

prayer

in

per-

fect

pie-

ty

A

mo-

ment's

si-

lence

when

my

ba-

by

puts

the

mouth

on

When

the

mean-

ing

is

gone

There

is

cla-

ri-

ty

And

the

rea-

son

comes

on

the

com-

mon

tongue

of

your

lov-

ing

me

And

it's

ea-

sy

done

Our

lit-

tle

re-

me-

dy

And

the

rea-

son

comes

on

the

com-

mon

tongue

of

your

lov-

ing

me

What

yields

the

need

for

those

who

lead

us

oh

so

mo-

ral-

ly

Those

that

would

view

the

same

we

do

through

their

de-

for-

mi-

ty

Who

view

the

deed

as

po-

wer's

creed,

as

pure

au-

tho-

ri-

ty

This

mo-

ment's

si-

lence

when

my

ba-

by

puts

the

mouth

on

me

Since

it

all

be-

gun

To

it's

re-

ckon-

ing

There

the

rea-

son

comes

on

the

com-

mon

tongue

of

your

lov-

ing

me

Be

than-

kful

some

know

it

lo-

ving-

ly

There

the

rea-

son

comes

on

the

com-

mon

tongue

of

your

lov-

ing

me

Like

a

heat-

hen

clung

to

the

ho

mi-

ly

Let

the

rea-

son

come

on

the

com-

mon

tongue

of

your

lov-

ing

me

So

sum-

mon

on

the

pearl

ro-

sa-

ry

Let

the

rea-

son

come

on

the

com-

mon

tongue

of

your

lov-

ing

me