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In the white room with black curtains near the station
Black roof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes
Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment
I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines
Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves
You said no strings could secure you at the station
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows
I walked into such a sad time at the station
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning
I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back
Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves
At the party, she was kindness in the hard crowd
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes
She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings
I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd
Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves
Black roof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes
Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment
I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines
Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves
You said no strings could secure you at the station
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows
I walked into such a sad time at the station
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning
I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back
Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves
At the party, she was kindness in the hard crowd
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes
She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings
I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd
Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves
Lyrics submitted by Hunter, edited by HomerNoodleman, dgbaker, voyager1121
White Room Lyrics as written by Pete Brown Jack Bruce
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Okay, the above comment may be right, but I will share my opinion. This song is, indeed, about Vietman. I think it is about a young man leaving on a train, to go off to Vietnam for his 18 month session. He walked into a sad time at the (train) station, beacuse all the recruits were leaving their loved ones. Then, as he arrives in Vietnam, he waits 'in this place where the sun never shines', meaning, nothing good to live for with all the killing. He waits in this place 'where the shadows run from themselves'. Also, the tiger/jungle lyrics would pretty much describe 'nam.
I rest my case.
It looks like the song was written and produced and became popular before the Vietnam war.
@Hi5Inferno the American involvement in Vietnam started around the start of the 1960's, and escalated in 1965 (with the first ground troops deployed to fight). White Room was released in 1968.<br /> <br /> It should however be noted that Cream were an English band, and the English were not involved in the Vietnam War (not sure how big coverage of the war was or still is in England).