There's a grief that can't be spoken. a pain goes on and on. Empty chairs at empty Now my friends are dead and gone.
Here they of revolution. Here it was they lit the flame. Here they sang about tomorrow' And tomorrow never came.
From the table the corner They could see a world reborn And they rose with voices ringing can hear them now! The very words that they had sung Became their last communion On the barricade at dawn.
Oh my friends, my friends forgive me I live and you are gone. 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.
my friends, my friends, don't ask me What your sacrifice was for Empty chairs at empty tables my friends will sing no more.