Throw down a line, help a poor boy 
Who's drowning in the stormy sea 
Throw down a line, help a poor boy 
Who's hanging in a nowhere tree 
Have you got a place for me 

Men are tied in chains of silence 
I look on violence, up, down, left and right 
Is there no hope of light 
The peaceful hand that once caressed me 
Hurts like the rest, because it's turned to stone 
Talons of steel have grown 

Throw down a line, help a poor boy 
Who's drowning in the stormy sea 
Throw down a line, help a poor boy 
Who's hanging in a nowhere tree 
Have you got a place for me 
Yeah, oh help me, yeah 

Throw down a line, help a poor boy 
Who's drowning in the stormy sea 
Throw down a line, help a poor boy 
Who's hanging in a nowhere tree 
Have you got a place for me 

See the moon, it's getting nearer 
But no more clearer than the earth below 
What do we really know 
I feel the stab of pain returning 
Despair is burning in my heart again 
Why don't they see the end, ooooh 

Throw down a line, help a poor boy 

Who's drowning in the stormy sea 
Yeah, throw down a line, help a poor boy 
Who's hanging in a nowhere tree 
Have you got a place for me 

Throw down a line, help a poor boy 
Who's drowning in the stormy sea 
Yeah, throw down a line, help a poor boy 
Who's hanging in a nowhere tree 
Have you got a place for me