[Verse 1: ]
And it hardly looked like a novel at all
I hardly look like a hero at all
And I'm sorry you couldn't publish this
And you were white as snow, I was white as a sheet
When you came down in this black dress
In your mum's black maternity dress
And so
Though it hardly looked like a novel at all
If this city treats me, it treats me to you
And a cup of coffee for you
I should learn its language and speak it to you
[Chrous: ]
And 70 million should be in the know
70 million don't go out at all
And 70 million wouldn't walk these streets
70 million would grind to a halt
And 70 million would be wrong wrong wrong
And 70 million never see at all
And 70 million haven't tasted snow
[Verse 2: ]
And dance dance dance like the children dance
Imply a thought, are we taking a chance?
With the light still on
And will we ever reach the tower?
And after you came down in this black dress
I don't know what took so very long
And this
And this isn't war, we don't have to ration
I waved the white flag and you kept it at home
And thus I wrote from a foreign land
You're holding my no longer foreign hand
[Chrous]
