With your mecury mouth in the missionary times, And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes, And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes, Oh who among them do they think could bury you?
Sad-eyed Lady of the Lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drum, Should I leave them by your gate? Or sad-eyed lady should I wait?
With your sheets like metal and your belt like lace, And your deck of cards missing the jack and the ace, And your basement clothes and your hollow face, Who among them can think he could outguessyou?
57 With your silhouette when the sunlight dims, Into your eyes where the moonlight swims, And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns, Who among them would try to impress you?
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man come, My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or sad-eyed lady should I wait?
The kings of Tyrus with their convict list, Are waiting in line for their geranium kiss, And you wouldn't know it would happen like this, But who among them really just wants to kiss you?
With your childhood flames on your midnight rug, And your Spanish manners and your mother's drugs, And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plugs, Who among them doyou think could resist you?
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes, my warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Should I leave them by your gate, Or sad-eyed lady should I wait?
Oh, the farmers and the businessmen they all did decide, to show you the dead angels that they used to hide, but why did they pick you to sympathize with their side? Oh how could they ever mistake you?