She peeled from a stretch black snake which slipped up from the hotel door. Darting looks from piercing eyes - The stir of memory and then no more. Well, you know how I have to believe - She can almost remember my name.
(Chorus) It's been a long time coming, babe - Long time loose amongst foreign hills - Shaking my faith in this free will.
Years ago in a coastal town, mosquitoes buzzed in her hair. Schooldress torn and bare feet brown - Then the rains came and she wasn't there. You're closing your doors on me when you had almost remembered my name.
It's been a long time coming, babe - Long time loose amongst foreign hills - Shaking my faith in this free will.
Sharp points in an ink-black sky - Faint words collide, then are lost. I'll follow you beneath this dome - Win you back at any cost. I know we were children then, but you can almost remember me name.
It's been a long time coming, babe - Long time loss amongst foreign hills - Well, let's be children, still - Don't shake my faith in this free will.