Mary On A Wave

[Verse 1] Coal-black virgin spinning Above an open ocean I hear, I feel, I need, I know Seven sailors swimming, shipwrecked Seven smudgy mirrors You gotta let 'em go [Pre-Chorus 1] Well I checked out the royal place Saw the babies all bathed in champagne So many miles of dirt I traveled Just to park here in your shade [Chorus 1] Borne away on a wave of love Borne away on a wave [Verse 2] Well they picked poor Robin clean In the shadow ravine I seen the bones, I seen his teeth Well, it's scrawled upon the streets Our enemy's victory's complete And they'll be coming to collect within the next few hundred weeks [Pre-Chorus 2] I get a little soft shiver in my shoulder Cause I think there's someone watching I get a little soft whistle in my ears now But I guess it's just time passing [Chorus 2] Borne away on a wave of love Borne away on a wave [Verse 3] Blessed blue-black virgin shifting In the ocean's rhythm Partly living tissue, partly always hidden Give me strength & vision Watch over the earth It's listing, lady, like it's almost broken Are my eyes now closed or opened? [Pre-Chorus 3] Our parents are fading out, fading out, fading out Into the fuzzy fuzz "I can't", I gasp, I gasp and pant I can't get enough air into my lungs I see the bald head of a vulture Come cresting up the stairs Time holds me, greenish-brown And dying, in a studio somewhere [Chorus 3] Borne away on a wave of love And it's all for you, girl Borne away on a wave