New front door, same address
Same front step, same back-porch
Geraniums to the terrace
Sold my shoes to pay the rent
I won't be needing them
I won't be leaving too soon
Oh my dear, do undress
You look so different in those new shoes
To impress someone you hav e never met
Someone you already know
Is waiting behind my fron t door
And by the door yo u know I'll wait
Oh, by the window, by the gat e
I'm waiting for you r soun d
So softly, dear, don' t hesitate
The lion looms along the lak e
And swallows ever y soun d
But oh, I wish that I coul d take
That simple lonely way
That long cold lonely way
But these days it takes more than two feet
It takes four to fill the road
I fend and swing the axe at for
I've trampled all over the place
Swu ng to and fro and still no state
Has held me in it s bound s
But by the bridge I' d like to stay
Oh, by the ocean, by the bay
And hope that you'll come aroun d
Oh, my dear, do undress
You look so different in those new clothes
To impress someone you ha ve never met
I'm the one needing you
I'm the one with no shoes
So by the door yo u know I'll wait
Oh, looking out the golden gate
She yawns into th e morning. ..