In the white room with 
Black curtains near the station.
Blackroof country, 
No gold pavements, 
Tired starlings.
Silver horses ran down 
Moonbeams in your dark eyes.
Dawnlight smiles on you
Leaving, my contentment.

I'll wait in this place 
Where the sun never shines;
Wait in this place 
Where the shadows 
Run from themselves.

You said no strings could 
Secure you at the station.
Platform ticket, restless diesels, 
Goodbye windows.
I walked into such a 
Sad time at the station.
As I walked out, 
Felt my own need just beginning.

I'll wait in the queue 
When the trains come back;
Lie with you where the 
Shadows run from themselves.

At the party she was 
Kindness in the hard crowd.
Consolation for the old 
Wound now forgotten.
Yellow tigers crouched in 
Jungles in her dark eyes.
She's just dressing, 
Goodbye windows, 
Tired starlings.

I'll sleep in this place 
With the lonely crowd;
Lie in the dark where the 
Shadows run from themselves.

It is a cold winter,
Away is the songbird.
And gone is her traveller,
She waits at home.

The sun is on holiday,
No leaves on the trees.
The animals sleep
While cold North wind blows.

The snowflakes are falling,
The roof a white blanket.
There's ice on the window pane,
She waits alone.

She sits by the fireside,
The room is so warm.
Her children are sleeping,
She waits in their home.

Passing the time.
Passing the time.
Everything fine.
Passing the time, 
Drinking red wine.
Passing the time, 
Drinking red wine.
Passing the time, 
Drinking red wine.
Passing the time, 
Everything fine.
Passing the time, 
Drinking red wine.
Passing the time, 
Everything fine.
Passing the time, 
Wine and time rhyme.
Passing the time.

It is a long winter,
Away is the summer.
She waits for her traveller
So far from home.

She sits by the fireside,
The room is so warm.
There's ice on the window,
She's lonely alone.

Born under a bad sign.
I've been down since 
I began to crawl.
If it wasn't for bad luck,
I wouldn't have no luck at all.

Bad luck and trouble's 
My only friend.
I've been down ever 
Since I was ten.

Chorus

You know, wine and 
Women is all I crave.
A big bad woman's gonna 
Carry me to my grave.

Chorus

First Verse

Born under a bad sign.
I've been down since 
I began to crawl.
If it wasn't for bad luck,
I wouldn't have no luck.
If it wasn't for real bad luck,
I wouldn't have no luck at all.

Born under a bad sign.
Born under a bad sign.

Gonna build myself a castle
High up in the clouds.
There'll be skies outside 
My window;
Lose these streets and crowds.
Dance the night away.

Will find myself an ocean,
Sail into the blue,
Live with golden swordfish,
Forget the time of you.
Dance the night away.

Dance myself to nothing.
Vanish from this place.
Gonna turn myself to shadow
So I can't see your face.
Dance the night away.

Don't take the wrong direction 
Passing through
Instead of deep reflection 
Of what's true,
For it's a combination of 
Judgments made by you
That cause a deep dejection 
All the way through.

No relaxation, 
No conversation, 
No variation
In a very dark blue, 
Blue condition.

Early rising every day.
You must be enterprising 
In your way,
For you will hear no laughter, 
Nor see the sun;
Life would be one 
Disaster all the way through.

Chorus

First Verse

Chorus

Chorus 

If you lose your money, 
Great God, don't lose your mind.
If you lose your money, 
Great God, don't lose your mind.
And if you lose your woman, 
Please don't fool with mine.

I'm gonna buy me a bulldog, 
Watch my lady whilst I sleep.
I'm gonna buy me a bulldog, 
Watch my lady whilst I sleep.
'Cause women these days, 
They're so doggone crooked,
That they might make 
Off 'fore day creep.

Well, you can't watch your wife 
And your outside women, too.
You know you can't watch your 
Wife and your outside womens, too.
Cause when you're out with your 
Women, your wife will be at home,
Cooking your food, doing a dirt, 
Buddy what you trying to do?

You can't watch your wife and 
Your outside womens, too.
You know you can't watch your 
Wife and your outside women, too.
When you're out with your women, 
Your wife will be at home,
Doing a dirt, cooking your food, 
Buddy what you trying to do?

Take it back, take it back, 
Take that thing right out of here.
Right away, far away, 
Take that thing right out of here.

Don't let them take me to 
Where streams are red.
I want to stay here and 
Sleep in my own bed.
Need all your loving, 
Long blonde hair,
Don't let them take me 
'Cause I'm easily scared.
Take it back, take it back,
Take that thing right out of here.

Chorus

I got this great need, 
The need to stay alive.
Not ashamed of my creed, 
I've got to survive.
So come on baby, don't go away,
Just let them save me for a rainy day.
Take it back, take it back, 
Take that thing right out of here.

I got this need, 
The need to stay alive.
Not ashamed of my creed, 
I've got to survive.
So come on baby, don't go away,
Just let them save 
Me for a rainy day.
Take it back, take it back, 
Take that thing right out of here.

Chorus

I got this thing, 
I've got to keep it sharp.
Don't go to places where 
It won't shine in the dark.
So come on baby, don't go away,
Just let them save 
Me for a rainy day.
Take it back, take it back,
Take that thing right out of here.

Feel when I dance with you,
We move like the sea.
You, you're all I want to know.
I feel free, I feel free, I feel free.

I can walk down the street, 
There's no one there
Though the pavements 
Are one huge crowd.
I can drive down the road; 
My eyes don't see,
Though my mind wants to cry out loud.

I feel free, I feel free, I feel free.

I can walk down the street, 
There's no one there
Though the pavements 
Are one huge crowd.
I can drive down the road; 
My eyes don't see,
Though my mind wants to cry out loud,
Though my mind wants to cry out loud.

Dance floor is like the sea,
Ceiling is the sky.
You're the sun and as 
You shine on me,
I feel free, I feel free, I feel free.