Oh I came from the sun but I landed in the snow Had my own reasons but nowhere to go I knocked on the door of that old shabby bar Where you stood on the stage with your beat-up guitar
I waited for the band to break and we spoke I gave you my name and you offered me a smoke Well the sirens were screamin' at a full moon that night You said can I ring you and I said goodnight and went
Hiding from your love Oh yeah hiding from your love
I walked through the avenues with those dirt-lettered names Each criminal so different, yet somehow we're the same
They walked up to me, seeing something in my eyes When I took up their offer they were not surprised
I sent myself flying above the noise and the squalor Couldn't wait to get home and pick up the phone By then I was feeling just a little bit taller And thinking I might like to not be alone and be
Hiding from your love Oh yeah hiding from your love
Well I told you about Mama then we talked about Jesus I told you about a trailer in the woods all alone Said I would meet you at the corner of Seventh Well you should've known that I'd never show and I'd be
Hiding from your love Oh yeah hiding from your love