She peeled from a stretch black snake

which slipped up to the hotel door.

Darting looks from piercing eyes --

The stir of memory and then no more.

Well, you know how I have to believe --

She can almost remember my name.



It's been a long time coming, babe --

Long time loose amongst foreign hills --

Shaking my faith in this free will.



Years ago in a coastal town,

mosquitoes buzzed in her hair.

Schooldress torn and bare feet brown --

Then the rains came and she wasn't there.

You're closing your doors on me

when you had almost remembered my name.



It's been a long time coming, babe --

Long time loose amongst foreign hills --

Shaking my faith in this free will.



Sharp points in an ink black sky --

Faint words collide, then are lost.

I'll follow you beneath this dome --

Win you back at any cost.

I know we were children then,

but you can almost remember my name.



It's been a long time coming, babe --

Long time loose amongst foreign hills --

Well, let's be children still --

Don't shake my faith in this free will.



Don't shake my faith in this free will.