Ian Anderson - This Free Will lyrics

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