There's a grief that can't be spoken. There's a pain goes on on. Empty chairs at empty tables Now my friends are dead and gone.
Here they talked of revolution. Here was they lit the flame. Here they sang about tomorrow' And tomorrow 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 had sung Became their last communion On the lonely barricade dawn.
Oh my friends, my friends forgive me That I live and you are There's a grief that can't be spoken. There's a pain goes on and on.
Phantom faces at window. Phantom shadows on the floor. Empty chairs at empty tables Where my friends will meet no more.
Oh friends, my friends, don't ask me What your sacrifice was for Empty chairs at tables Where my friends will sing no more.