Intro: C C F C A winter's day in a deep and dark December Dm G F C I am alone Dm G Dm G Gazing from my window to the streets below Dm F G On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow C G C Am I am a rock, I am an is-land C F C I've built walls, a fortress deep and mighty Dm G F C That none may penetrate Dm G Dm G I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain Dm F G It's laughter and it's loving I disdain C G C Am I am a rock, I am an is-land C F C Don't talk of love, but I've heard the words before Dm G F C It's sleeping in my memory Dm G Dm G I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died Dm F G If I never loved I never would have cried C G C Am I am a rock, I am an is-land C F C I have my books and my poetry to protect me Dm G F C I am shielded in my armor Dm G Dm G Hiding in my room, safe within my womb Dm F G I touch no one and no one touches me C G C Am I am a rock, I am an is-land F Em C And a rock feels no pain F Em C and an island never cries
