I felt my life with both my hands To see if it was there I held my spirit to the glass To prove it possibler I turned my being round and round And paused at every pound To ask the owner's name For doubt that I should know the sound To ask the owner's name For doubt that I should know the sound I judged my features, jelled my hair I pushed my dimples by And waited if they twinkled back Conviction might of me I turned my being round and round And paused at every pound To ask the owner's name For doubt that I should know the sound To ask the owner's name For doubt that I should know the sound I told myself take courage, friend That was a former time But we might learn to like the Heaven As well as our old home I turned my being round and round and round Paused at every pound To ask the owner's name For doubt that I should know the sound To ask the owner's name For doubt that I should know the sound I felt my life with both my hands To see if it was there