Cornerstone

[Verse 1] I thought I saw you in the Battleship But it was only a look-a-like 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 [Verse 2] 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 'Til I asked awfully politely "Please, can I call you her name?" [Chorus] And I elongated my lift home Yeah, I let him go the long way round I smelt your scent on the seatbelt And kept my shortcuts to myself [Verse 3] I thought I saw you in the Parrot's Beak Messing with the 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 it out in Letraset "No, you can't call me her name" [Bridge] And 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 [Chorus] I elongated my lift home Yeah, I let him go the long way round I smelt your scent on the seatbelt And kept my shortcuts to myself [Outro] 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"