Gary Gilmore's Eyes

I'm lying in a hospital

I'm pinned against the bed

A stethoscope upon my heart

A hand against my head



They're peeling off the bandages

I'm wincing in the light

The nurses look anxious

I'm just quivering with fright



I'm looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes



the doctors are avoiding me

My vision is confused

I listen to my earphones

And I catch the evening news



A murderer's been killed and he

Donates his sight to science

I'm booked into a private ward

And I realise that I must be



Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes



Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes



I smash the light in anger

I push my bed against the door

I close my lids across the eyes

I wish to see no more



The iris receives messages

And send them to my brain

No guarantee the stimuli

Must be perceived the same



Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes (Gary don't need his eyes to see)

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes (Gary and his eyes have parted company)

Looking through Gary Gilmore's eyes