[Intro]
   
    

[Verse 1]
             
In the white r

             
oom with black

           
 curtains near

              
 the station
             
Black roof cou

             
ntry, no gold 

           
pavements, tir

             
ed starlings
             
Silver horses 

            
ran down moonb

           
eams in your d

          
ark eyes
             
Dawnlight smil

             
es on you leav

          
ing, my conten

         
tment

[Chorus]
             
I'll wait in t

             
his place wher

            
e the sun neve

  
r shines
            
Wait in this p

              
lace where the

           
 shadows run f

        
rom themselves

[Verse 2]
             
You said no st

             
rings could se

          
cure you at th

           
e station
             
Platform ticke

             
t, restless di

          
esels, goodbye

            
 windows
             
I walked into 

            
such a sad tim

          
e at the stati

      
on
             
As I walked ou

             
t, felt my own

          
 need just beg

           
inning

[Chorus]
             
I'll wait in t

             
he queue when 

            
the trains com

  
e back
            
Lie with you w

            
here the shado

            
ws run from th

emselves

[Instrumental]
   
    

[Verse 3]
            
At the party s

             
he was kindnes

          
s in the hard 

     
crowd
            
Consolation fo

             
r the old woun

           
d now forgotte

       
n
             
Yellow tigers 

            
crouched in ju

           
ngles in her d

         
ark eyes
             
She's just dre

             
ssing, goodbye

           
 windows, tire

         
d starlings

[Chorus]
             
I'll sleep in 

             
this place wit

           
h the lonely c

rowd;
            
Lie in the dar

            
k where the sh

             
adows run from

 
 themselves

[Outro]
   
    
     (x8)