His sense of irony is a sharp edged tool
Answer him straight and he'll make you feel a fool
But he finally shuts up when you turn Al Green up
He closes his eyes as Al starts to sigh
When he thinks that no one's looking
He's a believer at heart

He laughs at everything even the news
Those kids on the milk cartons
He laughs at them, too
But later on you find him out on the lawn
Searching a starless sky
As if looking for someone
When he thinks that no one's looking
He's a believer at heart

BRIDGE
He says "Oh, my dear oh my dear oh my dear-
Guess you have caught me in this little lie up here.
Because I take this life as serious as anybody else does"

And feeling so light, you say:
"Isn't this some night?"
He says: "Sure,
If you like them simple and trite"

But when he thinks that no one's looking
He's a believer
When he thinks that no one's looking
He's a believer at heart