Song Description

Inspired by the poem, "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson

Lyrics

A man walks the lengths of a small town.
He knows no one but they all know him.
It?s his hometown.
It?s where he hangs his heart. It?s where he hangs
It?s where he hangs?

He?s quiet, but he wishes he weren?t.
What he wouldn?t give to know the bartender; to talk to him.
Not the way that he does but the way that he should.
The girl in accounting. The man at the deli.
He?s got so much to say, so much to say
So much to say?.

Richard Cory, someone?someone must care.
You can?t be that far in despair.
We may be alone in the world, but that?s why we?re all here.

He?s a dreamer, yet he?s got everything:
The looks, and the walk, and the money, and the voice.
And he knows it. He?s worked for it all.
He?s got everything, but he still wants. He still wants.
He still wants?.

But nobody wants to listen to the problems of the king.
?Why won?t all these people just come up and talk to me?
?Why won?t they come up to me? Come up to me.
?Come up to me.?

Richard Cory, it seems that you?ve taken the time
Gathering things that don?t matter.
Now something?s the matter. Just talk to him. Just talk to her.
Just talk to me, please Mr. Cory.
If you would just give me the chance to give you a chance.
Don?t we all deserve a chance?

He walks back to his house. He knows he?s alone.
But he doesn?t know how close he is to being together.
He?s the hardest working futile creature. He?s the best looking bum.
He?s a person.
He seems so indifferent, but he?s the same.
We?re all the same. We?re all the same.
We?re all the same?.

Richard Cory, apostrophe is no way to deal with you.
You?ll just do it again.
You?ll never know how young you are now.
I will listen to you.
Please, please, please Mr. Cory.
Please don?t. Please don?t. Please.
No?.