The 1st time I saw you
I did try hard to burn my eyes
Life was but a sad dream
I was but a sad breath
But you were something like sand
When sunlight hits the sea...

The 2nd time I saw you
I was about to take the road
I asked would you wait for me
You said life ain't a highway
Better if we'd been born
As siamese songbirds

The 3rd time I saw you
It was like I was gonna die
I was waiting outside
And you just had a new guy
And asked me why, I, I...

Son, son, son, won't you come along?
We have no time for another song, song, song
Won't you sing along? We have no sea, child

The 5th time I saw you
He was traveling abroad
And your eyes, they were not here
You just made new friends
While I tried to stop with cigarrettes

The 6th time I saw you
I was properly insane
For the whisky I had drunk
The drugs I'd taken
Gimme one way, you'll realize

The 7th time I saw you
You were married again
And if I had just once kissed you
Things wouldn't be the same
Surely the sky'd be different

The 8th time I saw you
I was strummin' the guitar
And your ears were not for me
My ears were a-bleeding
The waiter was blind
Please someone blind my eyes...

The last time I saw you
It was about 6 a.m
You approached me in a strange car
Finally kissed me
Then did wave goodbye
Before you disappear

Sometimes I ache, baby
Or I ain't hard enought to stand
But the days, they just drown me
Coming back from work
Having sour breakfast
Seasick from your chest