By the Numbers - John Coltrane

The gates of the schoolyard Are padlocked and chained To keep all the children in out of the rain The art teacher's preaching The virtues of pastel shades You pay no attention but it won't hurt your grades 'Cause you're painting by numbers Connecting the dots They don't have to tell you You don't call the shots You jump when they say jump And you don't ask how high 'Cause painting by numbers they know you'll get by Painting by numbers they know you'll get by You take a position In the old man's firm He signs all the papers You agree to the terms They ley you run errands And you don't get days off You take off the garbage and hope it pays off 'Cause you're painting by numbers Connecting the dots You work from neck down You might be in grad school Up ut M.I.T. You might be down in the canal zone Being all that you can be You might get to thinking you're ahead of the game But when you break it all down It all comes out the same 'Cause you're painting by numbers Connecting the dots You work from neck down

Out of the seven billion people in this world, there's only you Almost a million words that I could say, but none of them will do So many years that I have lived, but it feels like I've just begun Out of the seven billion people, baby, you're the only one I've been too many places. I've seen too many faces I wrote too many pages; never found a love like you (Love like you) I don't know how to say it. It's been more than amazing My whole life, I've been waiting; never found a love like you (Love like you) Sleep, dream, you, repeat, live, die next to me Sleep, dream, you, repeat, sleep, dream Out of the seven billion people in this world, there's only you Almost a million words that I could say, but none of them will do So many years that I have lived, but it feels like I've just begun Out of the seven billion people, baby, you're the only one You were unexpected, when our lips connected I was resurrected; never found a love like you (love like you) Don't care where I'm headed when the world is ending 'Cause you are my heaven; never found a love like you. (Love like you) Sleep, dream, you, repeat. Live, die next to me Sleep, dream, you, repeat. Sleep, dream Out of the seven billion people in this world, there's only you Almost a million words that I could say, but none of them will do So many years that I have lived, but it feels like I've just begun Out of the seven billion people, baby, you're the only one Surrounded by numbers (Numbers, numbers, numbers) You're the only one (Numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers) You're the only one You brought me back to life You did the unthinkable Yeah, you are my miracle Out of the seven billion people in this world, there's only you Almost a million words that I could say, but none of them will do So many years that I have lived, but it feels like I've just begun Out of the seven billion people, baby, you're the only one Surrounded by numbers (Numbers, numbers, numbers) You're the only one (Numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers) You're the only one Surrounded by numbers (Numbers, numbers, numbers) You're the only one (Numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers) You're the only one