Theres a grief that cant be spoken
Theres a pain goes on and on
Empty chairs at empty tables
Now my friends are dead and gone
Here they talked of revolution
Here it was they lit the flame
Here they sang about `tomorrow
And tomorrow never came
From the table in the corner
They could see a world reborn
And they rose with voices ringing
I can hear them now
The very words that they had sung
Became their last communion
lonely barricade at dawn
Oh my friends my friends forgive me
That I live and you are gone
Theres a grief that can't be spoken
Theres a pain goes on and on
Phantom faces at the window
Phantom shadows on the floor
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will meet no more
Oh my friends my friends dont ask me
What your sacrifice was for
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will sing no more