The Rose Of Laura Nyro

Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah A single stem, it's 6 a.m. And foggy on the Hudson Thorns adorn her baby grand From Stoney End to London Words unfold, hair black as coal Sweet blindness in her eyes Stoned souls perform at Central Park In masks of her disguise A sign inside the times It's a poison pen they're pushing Lay your head to rest upon The pale and purple cushions Like Virginia to the lighthouse See the songbirds in their cages The rose of Laura Nyro Shed its petals on the pages Ah-ah-ah Eli's coming Ah-ah-ah Eli's coming Ticking clocks, the orthodox Tell 'em Eli's coming Italian girls in Market Square Where Catholic fears are running Beads of sweat on Lafayette Christmas Eve is melting Dumb as rocks on Monterray Down Gibson Street, they yelling A sign inside the times It's a poison pen they're pushing Lay your head to rest upon The pale and purple cushions Like Virginia to the lighthouse See the songbirds in their cages The rose of Laura Nyro Shed its petals on the pages Ah-ah-ah Eli's coming Ah-ah-ah (Eli's coming) Eli's coming A single stem, it's 6 a.m. And foggy on the Hudson Thorns adorn her baby grand From Stoney End to London Words unfold, hair black as coal Sweet blindness in her eyes Stoned souls perform at Central Park In masks of her disguise A sign inside the times It's a poison pen they're pushing Lay your head to rest upon The pale and purple cushions Like Virginia to the lighthouse See the songbirds in their cages The rose of Laura Nyro Shed it petal on the pages The rose of Laura Nyro Shed its petals on the pages Ah-ah-ah Eli's coming Ah-ah-ah Eli's coming Ah-ah-ah (Eli's coming) Eli's coming You better hold your heart, girl Oh, no, no, no (Eli's coming) Eli's coming Eli's, oh, Eli's coming Eli's coming, yeah (Eli's coming) Eli's coming, yeah-yeah-yeah (Eli's coming) Eli's coming, oh (Eli's coming) Eli's coming I said Eli's, Eli's Eli's coming You better hold your heart, girl Hold your heart out Eli's coming, yeah