Elysian Fields - Pa**ing on the Stairs lyrics

In the hall lights flicker hum With her buckles still undone She hides beneath her blue trench coat Gaze so soft, yet so remote In that dusty uniform The outline of her lovely form And more than once I've brushed her hand Pa**ing on the stairs In the hall lights flicker hum His dark lashes always hung With a look so weary and so wise When he pa**es he gentley sighs In his work-worn boots he leans And I wonder what it means Whatever does it mean Pa**ing on the stairs Up the stairs every night Up the stairs seven flights And down she goes into the night Down my stairs and out of sight Who is she with that misty look Every night a different book With the scent of violets in her hair Who's this angel on my stairs A distant time comes back to me The wild reeds, the salty sea My father calling 'don't go far' I gathered sea gla** in a jar And built a castle with a mote As the wind blew sand into my hair In the rustling of your over coat Pa**ing on the stairs Up the stairs every night Up the stairs seven flights And down she goes into the night Down my stairs and out of sight And I wonder if she thinks of me Is it just a boyish fantasy Speak dear lady wont you speak Can't you tell you make me meek So in silence once more we pa** Another night I walk on gla** And I dream that she thinks of me Pa**ing on the stairs And I wonder if he thinks of me If this could be our destiny Oh haven't you a word for me If only you'd misplace your key So in silence once more we pa** Another night I walk on gla** And how I dream he thinks of me And our pa**ing on the stairs Up the stairs every night Up he climbs seven flights And down she goes into the night Down my stairs and out of sight Up the stairs every night Up the stairs seven flights And down she goes into the night Down my stairs and out of sight Down my stairs and out of sight