Elizabeth (Live at St Pancras Old Church, London, 2012)

Elizabeth's walking through the garden

At the moment that I call

A wooden engraving of The Last Super

Is hanging on my wall

You're supposed to quote the best line from every play

Not every line from just the one

Winds are dancing with trees

As distant bells sing a mournful song

Elizabeth asked me if I know her name

I said I do but I'd never tell

She said with everything that's going on around here

I guess that's probably just as well

Everybody's going to let you down

That's why I always try and let them down first

I think it's going to be a long walk home tonight

She said as she's staring at her empty purse

She knows every word of that country song

She makes me sing it and she sings along

Surrounded by the friendships that went wrong

Sitting in the darkness where I come from

As she steals the show

Elizabeth's different every time you see her

She changes like a Russian doll

Walks back home alone through the garden

As the rains begin to fall

The garden fence blew down last night

The dogs that were barking are now in sight

Travelling girl beneath a wounded moon

Tells me everything's going to be all right

She knows every word of that country song

She makes me sing it and she sings along

Surrounded by the friendships that went wrong

Sitting in the darkness where I come from

As she steals the show