I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete
Down by the river
I shot my baby
We’d go down to the river
And into the river we’d dive
Oh down to the river we’d ride
O sinners, let’s go down
Let’s go down, come on down
O sinners, let’s go down
Down in the river to pray
It’s going down
I’m yelling “timber!”
You better move
You better dance
Let’s dance.
Put on your red shoes and dance the blues.
Let’s dance
To the song they’re playing on the radio.
And we danced
Like a wave on the ocean
Romanced
We were liars in love
I’m a twisting fool
Just twisting, yeah twisting
Twisting by the pool
Wave after wave rolls on
And the water falls, and the line is drawn
Wave after wave rolls in
And the line is gone, where my feet have been
Between the silence of the mountains
And the crashing of the sea
There lies a land I once lived in
And she’s waiting there for me.
Somewhere beyond the sea
Somewhere waiting for me
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
Crawl, crawl, clock on the wall,
Eternity is shorter,
Than waiting for an errant love,
An hour and a quarter.
Waiting for the break of day
25 or 6 to 4
Now if six turned out to be nine
I don’t mind, I don’t mind
Tell me I’m your favorite thing
You can tell me anything
I wouldn’t mind
I wouldn’t mind
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things
So little snowbird take me with you
When you go
To that land of gentle breezes
Where the peaceful waters flow
Summer breeze
Makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
Wisteria, did you change your name again?
All of us who knew you when can’t even find you.