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