I thought a saw you in the Battleship, but it was only a look alike She was nothing but a vision trick under the warning light She was close, close enough to be your ghost But my chances turned to toast when I asked her if I could call her your name
I thought I saw you in the Rusty Hook, huddled up in a wicker chair I wandered over for a closer look and kissed whoever was sitting there She was close and she held me very tightly Till I asked awfully politely, "Please, can I call you her name?"
And I elongated my lift home Yeah, I let him go the long way round I smelled your scent on the seatbelt And kept my shortcuts to myself
I thought I saw you in the Parrot's Beak messing with a smoke alarm It was too loud for me to hear her speak, and she had a broken arm It was close, so close that the walls were wet And she wrote in a letraset, "No, you can't call me her name"
Tell me, where's your hiding place I'm worried I'll forget your face And I've asked everyone I'm beginning to think I imagined you all along
And I elongated my lift home Yeah, I let him go the long way round I smelled your scent on the seatbelt And kept my shortcuts to myself
I saw your sister in the Cornerstone on the phone to the middle man When I saw that she was on her own, I thought she might understand She was close, well you couldn't get much closer She said "I'm really not supposed to, but yes, you can call me anything you want"