pearls on a string

original song the water glistens like pearls on a string breaking your heart in 'til you've got no choice but to come clean oh, i wish i had the answers like how it answers me and the leaves go on laughing they flirt with the breeze they'll shrivel to soil before they ever try to earn their keep oh, i wish i had the answers like how they answer me the birds go on chirping pass over the sea never looking down never learning to hate what they see oh, i wish i had the answers oh, i wish i had the answers oh, i wish i had the answers like how they answer me