16 Lovers Lane

The clouds are here
They aren't up in the sky.
I cupped them with my hands
And reached up high.

I said to these clouds,
"no more am i blind.
I have to see straight
And that will make me unkind."

Visions of blue,
I'm angry, i'm wise.
And you, you're under cloudy skies.

Blue air i crave, blue air i breathe
They once chopped my heart the way you chop a tree.
Told to equate achievement with pain
I took their top prize and paid them back with rain.

Visions of blue
I'm angry i'm wise and you.
You're under cloudy skies.

Blue air i crave blue air i breathe
They once chopped my heart the way you chop a tree.
Told to equate achievement with pain
I stole their top prize and paid them back with rain.

Visions of blue i'm angry i'm wise and you.
You're under cloudy skies. visions of blue
Preverse and strong and you.
You're under cloudy skies.
What i did once i now do everyday.

I don't wanna let you out of my sight
Don't wanna let you onto your flight.
The fortune teller might have been right
The bad old world can turn your hair white.

And sometimes we don't come through
Sometimes we just get by
But i know with you
I've never seen the devil's eye.

I don't wanna have to say a goodbye
Don't wanna wipe the tear from your eye
I took this chance to write a message
It's just to say that i'll miss you.

And sometimes we don't come through
Sometimes we just get by
But i know with you
I've never seen the devil's eye.

I'm ten feet under water
Standing in a sunken canoe
Looking up at the waterlillies
They're green and violet blue
Still the sun it finds
A place to light me
Still the sun it finds
That it's warm beside me.

Green and violet blue
No matter what you say no matter what
You do
I want to be the one and
Love is a sign.

The letters that were writing
Baby they just break our hearts
And when we get back together again
There's just no time to start.
No time to restore
It's all on the ground
What you've been doing
Against what i've found.
And this is what i find
No matter what you say no matter what
You do
I want to be the one and
Love is a sign.

I'm not a playboy or a poet
There's no cool water from the well
I wish you had a big house
And that your work would start to sell.
Wave after wave
Our tension and our tenderness.
Wave after wave
Our tension and our tenderness.
Green and violet blue
No matter what you say no matter what
You do
I want to be the one and
Love is a sign.

I know i'll see you again
The world is too big or too small.
I won't be the madman then
It will be me that's come to call.
Me in freezing weather
Snow cuffs on my wrist.
You down by the river
London no longer exists.
This is what i find
No matter what you say no matter what
You do
I want to be the one and
Love is a sign.

She knows that i'm not ready
When my nerves are steady
When my eyes are free of tears
Someday
She doesn't want to hurt me
It's ok
I'm allright.

Splashing and dashing myself
A sad man
Trying to lift a hundred weight
If i can
When i say i'm available
She smiles
She doesn't want to hurt me
It's ok
I'm allright.

I'm allright, i know
I'm allright, i know
Can it be can it be will it be will it be
Allright.

She can see that i'm still angry
It's no good
I can see her during the day
That's good
I have to earn the night
At night
She doesn't want to see me
It's ok
I'm allright.
I'm allright, i am allright, i'm allright.

I'm allright, i know
I'm allright, i know
Can it be can it be will it be will it be
Allright.

She comes home and she's happy
She comes home and shes blue
She comes home and she tells him
Listen baby were through
I don't know what happened next
All i know is she moved
Packed up her bags and her curtains
Left him in his room
Was there anything i could do?

She went out with her paint box
Paints the chapel blue
She went out with her matchsticks
Torched a carwash too
I don't know where she's living
All i've got is a card
A picture of her at the pyramids
A knife held to her heart
Was there anything i could do?

She came down from the mountains
Said goodbye to her guru
She went back to her room
Lost herself in voodoo
I don't say that i blame her
People don't know what they want
If you spend your life looking behind you
You don't see what's up front
Was there anything i could do?

Putting out her fire
Putting out her fire