Released: May 3, 1988
Songwriter: John Hornsby Bruce Hornsby
Producer: Neil Dorfsman Bruce Hornsby
[Instrumental]
[Verse 1]
There's a man working in a field
Sees the rain and it's burning
He's saying "This can't be real"
Oh, as he sees the color of the fields turning
[Pre-Chorus]
Far away, the men too busy
Getting rich to care
Close their eyes
And let it all out into the air
Hoping nobody else would care
[Chorus]
Look out any window
Look out any open door
Look out any window
To see what's going on in the air around you
[Verse 2]
There's a man working on a boat
Pulling lines from the water
Just trying to stay afloat, oh
Filling the nets is getting harder
[Pre-Chorus]
Far away, they bend the rules so secretly
Close their eyes
And let it all out into the sea
Hoping nobody else would see
[Chorus]
Look out any window
Look out any open door
Look out any window
To see what's going on in the air around you
[Instrumental]
[Pre-Chorus]
Far away, too many leaders
Let them get their way
Close their eyes
And let it all out into the bay
Say they'll clear it up another day
[Chorus]
Look out any window
Look out any open door
Look out any window
To see that's going on in the air around you
[Outro]
(Look out)
Look out for the big boys telling you
Everything they're gonna do
(Look out)
Look out for the fat cat builder man
Turning this into a waste land
(Look out)
Look out for the backroom boys
That say the smoke is gonna blow away
(Look out)
Look out for the men who say it's okay
Sitting in a building far away
[Verse 1]
There's a man working in a field
Sees the rain and it's burning
He's saying "This can't be real"
Oh, as he sees the color of the fields turning
[Pre-Chorus]
Far away, the men too busy
Getting rich to care
Close their eyes
And let it all out into the air
Hoping nobody else would care
[Chorus]
Look out any window
Look out any open door
Look out any window
To see what's going on in the air around you
[Verse 2]
There's a man working on a boat
Pulling lines from the water
Just trying to stay afloat, oh
Filling the nets is getting harder
[Pre-Chorus]
Far away, they bend the rules so secretly
Close their eyes
And let it all out into the sea
Hoping nobody else would see
[Chorus]
Look out any window
Look out any open door
Look out any window
To see what's going on in the air around you
[Instrumental]
[Pre-Chorus]
Far away, too many leaders
Let them get their way
Close their eyes
And let it all out into the bay
Say they'll clear it up another day
[Chorus]
Look out any window
Look out any open door
Look out any window
To see that's going on in the air around you
[Outro]
(Look out)
Look out for the big boys telling you
Everything they're gonna do
(Look out)
Look out for the fat cat builder man
Turning this into a waste land
(Look out)
Look out for the backroom boys
That say the smoke is gonna blow away
(Look out)
Look out for the men who say it's okay
Sitting in a building far away
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Scenes From the Southside (1988)
Bruce Hornsby and the Range popular songs
- The Way It Is
- Mandolin Rain
- The Valley Road
- Barren Ground
- These Arms of Mine
- Fire on the Cross
- Down the Road Tonight
- Jack Straw
- The Red Plains
- Carry the Water
- Set Me in Motion (single version).mp3
- The Wild Frontier
- The Road Not Taken
- Stranded on Easy Street
- Lost Soul
- The Long Race
- I Will Walk With You
- A Night on the Town
- Defenders of the Flag
- Set Me in Motion (LP version).mp3
- Till the Dreaming’s Done
- The Old Playground
- Another Day
- The River Runs Low