floating down a crowded street as though I am or I will be released Elly's stopped yawning, clear blue morning Come and see the wild things that are
(Well) There's an old man here He claims that he knew you in another life I'm not sure what he's sayin', Elly, Could it be he still thinks you're his wife ?
I've been waiting, seems like eternity I've been waiting waiting for you I'm still waiting if you remember me I'll be waiting, waiting for you
Trinkets sing on a desert wind behind here Where ghosts have laid their final claims to rest But who they left and what they thought they stayed for Has crumbled in their last dusty caress
They were so blind (rpt.)
Hiding in a hotel room, somewhere in the west I heard they brought a priest in to sanctify the place Things move around - my guitar sometimes plays itself They say it's static electricity but Yesterday it took twenty dollars off the shelf
There's a young man here, says he married you The children cry and ask where their mother is Gonna have to let them down Yeah, I've been hurt, I've been around
I've been waiting...(rpt.)
Limpet shells are fading in the vally Where once the sea had strength enough to reach No-one here can quite translate the verses that they wanted to preach
They were so blind (rpt.)
I've been waiting, seems like eternity
I've been waiting, waiting for you
I'm still waiting, if you remember me
I'll be waiting, waiting for you