With a minute's silence for the dead
 And a minute's silence for the long-lost lovers
 No one's really in the mood for beer

 With a minute's silence for the child
 And a minute's silence for the grieving mothers
 There's not much talking going down here

 With a minute's silence for the girl
 With a minute's silence for the younger brother
 Things have never been so clear

 With a minute's silence for your friend
 With a minute's silence for your long-lost folk
 A minute's silence lasts a year

 A minute's silence seems a year

 And the park is filled with pain
 For this age has laid its claim
 And the street's about to cry
 Cos it longs for passers-by
 It longs for passers-by