Hiding All Away

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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