I Am a Rock Lyrics - Red House Painter

I Am a Rock
A winter's da
in a deep and dark Decembe
I am alon
Gazing from my window to the streets belo
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow
I am a rock, I am an island
I've built walls
A fortress deep and mit
That none may penetrat
I have no need of friendshi
friendship causes pai
It's laughter and loving I disdai
I am a rock, I am an islan
Don't talk of lov
but I've heard the word befor
It's sleeping in my memor
I won't disturb the slumber of the feelings that have die
If I never loved I never would have crie
I am a rock, I am an islan
I have my book
and my poetry to protect m
I am shielded in my armou
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb
I touch no one and no one touches me
I am a rock, I am an islan
And a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries.