Hiding All Away Lyrics

You went looking for me, dear, down by the sea
You found some little silver fish but you didn't find me
I was hiding, dear
Hiding all away
I was hiding, dear
I was a-hiding all awayThen you went to the museum and you climbed the spiral stair
You searched for me all among the knowledgeable air
I was a-hidden, babe
I was a-hiding all away
I was a-hidden, dear
I was a-hiding all away
You entered the cathedral when you heard the solemn knell
I was not sitting with the gargoyles
I was not swinging from the bell
I was hiding, dear
I was a-hiding all away
I was a-hiding, dear
I was a-hiding all awayAll right nowYou asked an electrician if he'd seen me round his place

He touched you with his fingers
Sent sparks zapping out your face
I was hidden, dear
I was a-hiding all away
I was not there, dear
I was a-hiding all away
A-well, you went and asked the doctor to get some advice
Well, he shot you full of Pethidine and then he went and billed you twice
But I was a-hiding, dear
I was a-hiding all away
I was a-hiding, dear
A-hiding all awayYou approached a high-court judge
You thought he'd be on the level
Well, he wrapped a rag around your face and he beat you with his gavel
I was a-hiding, babe
I was a-hiding all away
I was keeping hidden, dear
I was hiding all awayYou looked to the local constabulary
They said, he's up to his same old tricks
They leered at you with their baby blues and rubbed jelly on their sticks
I had to get out of there, babe
I was a-hiding all away
You better get out of there, dear
Hiding all awayAll right, yeah
All right, yeahYou searched through all my poets from Sappho through to Auden
I saw the book fall from your hands as you slowly died of boredom
I had been there, dear, but I was not there anymore
I had been there
Now I'm hiding all awayYou walked into the hall of fame and approached my imitators
Some were stuffing their faces with the caviar
Some were eating cold potatoes
But I was a-hiding, dear
I was a-hiding all away
I was hiding, dear
I was a-hiding all awayWell, you asked a famous cook if he'd seen me
He opened his oven wide
Well, he basted you with butter, babe, and he made you crawl inside
But I was not in there, dear
I was a-hiding all away
I was not in there, dear
I was a-hiding all awayYou asked the butcher
Lifted up his cleaver
Stuck his fist up your dress
Said he must've been mad to leave you
But I had to get away, dear
I was a-hiding all away
I had to get away, dear
I was a-hidden all awayAll right, yeahSome of us we hide away
Some of us we don't
Some will live to love another day and some of us won't
But we all know there is a law and, that law, it is love
And we all know there is a war coming
Coming from aboveThere is a war coming
There is a war coming
There is a war coming
There is a war coming
There is a war coming
There is a war coming
There is a war coming
There is a war coming
There is a war coming
There is a war coming
There is a war coming
There is a war coming
There is a war coming
There is a war coming
There is a war coming
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