Ah-ah Ah-ah A single step at 6 AM I'm foggy on the Hudson Thorns of dawn, her baby cryin' From stormy ends of London Words unfold, held like it's gold Sweet blindness in her eyes Stone souls perform at Central Park In masks of her disguise The signs of the times It's a poison pen they're pushing Lay your head to rest upon The [velvet upper?] cushions Like Virginia to the lighthouse See the songbirds in their cages The rose of Laura Nyro Shed it venoms on the pages Ah-ah Alive's coming Ah-ah Alive's coming Ticking fox, the orthodox Tell me life's common Italian girls in market square Where catholic feels [?] [?] on life I am Christmas Eve is melting [?] on Monterrey Down Gibson street, they yelling The signs of the times It's a poison pen they're pushing Lay your head to rest upon The [velvet upper?] cushions Like Virginia to the lighthouse See the songbirds in their cages The rose of Laura Nyro Shed it venoms on the pages Ah-ah Alive's coming Alive's coming Ah-ah Alive's coming A single step at 6 AM I'm foggy on the Hudson Thorns of dawn Her baby cryin' From stormy ends of London Words unfold, held like it's gold Sweet blindness in her eyes Stone souls perform at Central Park In masks of her disguise The signs of the times It's a poison pen they're pushing Lay your head to rest upon The [velvet upper?] cushions Like Virginia to the lighthouse See the songbirds in their cages The rose of Laura Nyro Shed it venoms on the pages The rose of Laura Nyro Shed it venoms on the pages Ah-ah Alive's coming Ah-ah Alive's coming Alive's coming Ah-ah You better hold your heart out, oh, no, no, no Alive's coming Alive's coming Alive's, oh, alive's coming Alive's coming, yeah Alive's coming Alive's coming, yeah, yeah, yeah Alive's coming Alive's coming, oh Amen Alive's coming Alive's coming Amen I said alive's, alive's Alive's coming You better hold your heart out Hold your heart out Alive's coming, yeah