1968, Van Morrison guitar & vocals, Tom Kielbania (?) bass
We stood outside the city,
six feet in the snow,
and everyone was stranded
and I stopped to say, hello
Everybody kept on walkin'
who didn't have no place to go
Everybody kept on walkin'
that had no place to go,
and everybody's talkin'
but nobody really knows,
nobody really knows

And say, I think you'll stay awhile,
you know just where it's at
Pull up a chair and
stay awhile,
we'll give ya' tit for tat
I said, You know something,
I'm not sure I really like that
I said, You know something,
I believe I'll grab my coat and hat
I got outside,
down in the street below, and everybody started walkin'
that didn't have no place to go,
and everybody's talkin'
but nobody, nobody really know, no,
nobody really know

And say you think you're really good for us
We know you are and it's true,
ain't nobody can do more for you
than we can do
We can give ya' money,
watch you spend it all the time,
and make sure
you don't
ride on down the line
I said, I believe I won't
'cause I ain't got no place to go
I'm just stranded and I'm walkin',
and I don't have no place to go,
and everybody's talkin'
but nobody, nobody really know,
nobody really know

And they say, Sing the song one more time
'cause I really believe I know what it means,
I was with you last night
when you wrote it in your dreams
I said, Is that right?
How
can you be so complete?
Y', you can't stop talkin'
every time you move your feet
You know that we're all stranded,
we ain't got no place to go
We are stranded here
in the city in the snow,
and everybody's talkin'
but nobody really knows,
nobody really know
Everybody's talkin',
everybody's talkin',
everybody's talkin',
and everybody's talkin' but
nobody really know
Everybody's talkin' but
nobody, nobody really know,
they just pretend they know
Nobody really know