White Room

(In the white room with black curtains, near the station)

In the white room with black curtains, near the station

(Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings)

Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings

(Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes)

Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes

(Dawnlight smiles on you, leaving my contentment)

Dawnlight smiles on you, leaving my contentment

(I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines)

I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines

(Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves)

Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves

(You said no strings could secure you at the station)

You said no strings could secure you at the station

(Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows)

Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows

(I walked into such a sad time at the station)

I walked into such a sad time at the station

(As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning)

As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning

(I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back)

I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back

(Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves)

Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves

(At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd)

At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd

(Consolation for the old wound now forgotten)

Consolation for the old wound now forgotten

(Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes)

Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes

(She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings)

She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings

(I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd)

I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd

(Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves)

Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves