C. Daniel Boling - The Quiet Ones

©2023 Tom Paxton – Bristow Songs / SESAC & Daniel Boling – Perfectly Stable Music / ASCAP

Keep your eyes on the quiet ones
The ones who have their eyes on you
You know they are missing nothing
You know that what they see is true
Let the silly asses bray
The quiet ones have more to say
Keep your counsel when the loud boys come
Harshest voices in the crowd
The ones who rail and beat their drum
So little reason to be proud
Let the silly asses bray
The quiet ones have more to say
It’s the quiet ones who listen
The quiet ones who hear
It’s the quiet ones you count on
When the bigshots disappear
Let me keep my big mouth shut
Until I know what I mean to say
It’s harder, but I tell you what
I learn a whole lot more that way
Let the silly asses bray
The quiet ones have more to say
Yelling people, barking dogs
The more they shout the less we hear
Talking heads and demagogues
So much less than they appear
Let the silly asses bray
The quiet ones have more to say
It’s the quiet ones who listen
The quiet ones who hear
It’s the quiet ones you count on
When the bigshots disappear
Keep your eyes on the quiet ones
The ones who have their eyes on you
You know they are missing nothing
You know that what they see is true
Let the silly asses bray
The quiet ones have more to say