Elizabeth's Garden Lyrics

The crippling pavement

The broken houses

I can see the ashes floating around in the air

And I can hear my mother calling from a lifetime away

But all I want to hear is one of you just to tell me to stay

The prick of the branches

The grey of the bushes

I feel the edge of the air, it sliced me open like a pocket knife

And I can see my lover calling from a mountain away

And all I can hear is her telling me that I should've stayed

I was born upon a sinking tide

But now I know to take it in my stride

She'll tear me apart, you know I wouldn't mind

So long as I can get to see her shine

So I'll take a walk

Up the 14 steps

The 14 steps to Elizabeth's Garden

The 14 steps to Elizabeth's

I'll take a walk

Before he steps

Before he steps to Elizabeth's Garden

Before he steps to Elizabeth's

Oh-oh-o-oh

Black widow in the corner

A fox at the window

I can see a cruiser lying in the gutter alone

I can see someone standing just beyond another day

And I miss my world but that's the way it's going to stay

The smell of the petrol

The stench of the beer

I can hear the laughter of somebody younger beyond their years

And I can see the bus stop collapsing just a mile away

But I missed my bus and I can't get home another way

I was born upon a sinking tide

But now I know to take it in my stride

She can tear me apart and I wouldn't mind

Cause after all I get to see her shine

So I'll take a walk

Up the 14 steps

The 14 steps to Elizabeth's Garden

The 14 steps to Elizabeth's

I'll take a walk

Before he steps

Before he steps to Elizabeth's Garden

Before he steps to Elizabeth's

Oh-oh-o-oh