A Quiet Thing

Well, what do you know? What do you know?
When it all comes true just the way you planned
It's funny, but the bells don't ring
It's a quiet thing

When you hold the world in your trembling hand
You'd think you hear a choir sing
It's a quiet thing

There are no exploding fireworks
Where's the roaring of the crowd?
Maybe it's a strange new atmosphere
Way out here among the clouds

But I don't hear the drums, I don't hear the band
The sounds I'm told such moments bring
Happiness comes in on tiptoe
Well, what do you know?
It's a quiet thing

A very quiet thing