Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  



The Walker Outside

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1971 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1999.


I am under the sky,
I'm the one passing by,
You don't hear me or see me.
I'm a flicker of night.
But your sleep is uneasy
'Cause I'm walking outside.

My home's on my back,
My bed's in my pack.
Oh you cozy quilt sleepers,
Your mattress is wide,
But your sleep is uneasy
'Cause I'm walking outside.

I am thin and athirst
To the depths of my soul,
To the depths of my soul,
But my brain it can reach you,
And my hands they can touch you,
And my fingers are cold.

I am under the sky,
I'm the one passing by,
You don't hear me or see me.
I'm a flicker of night.
But your sleep is uneasy
'Cause I'm walking outside.


Malvina Reynolds songbook(s) in which the music to this song appears:
---- The Malvina Reynolds Songbook

Malvina Reynolds recording(s) on which this song is performed:
---- [none]


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