The Alan Parsons Project - The Tell-Tale Heart

Lead Vocal: Arthur Brown





You should have seen him


Lying alone in helpless silence in the night


You should have seen him


You would have seen his eye reflecting in the light





So for the old man


Ashes to ashes, earth to earth and dust to dust


No one will see me


No one with guilt to share, no secret soul to trust





And he won't be found at all


Not a trace to mark his fall


Nor a stain upon the wall





Louder and louder


Till I could tell the sound was not within my ears


You should have seen me


You would have seen my eyes grow white and cold with fear





Heard all the things in Heaven and Earth


I've seen many things in Hell


But his vulture's eye of a cold pale blue


Is the eye if the Devil himself





Take me away now


But let the silence drown the beating of his heart


I can't go on


Let me be free from wretched sea that I can not see


Please let me be free