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Verse 1

 I know, I know that I could live in

Whatever house you choose to build

 And I will model myself on it and

Wait for you alone,

 While you are out making a life for us

 I will stay and watch the days go past

 And I'll see how the plants advance

 And they turn on what they know

Pre-chorus

 Now there is rosemary where previously no rosemary was shown

 They have aerials they feed from me and they grow and grow

 and grow

 Now I am shifting into greenery now the pipes are running bone

 And you might think I was a house but I am a woman, a woman

Verse 2

"Come back, come back" before you said

"Come back so you can see

There are roses in the flowerbeds

Where there never used to be"

Chorus

 And all my days are

Fading into these

Walls you made are us

But I don't want to be

 the queen

 in a century of sleep

Verse 3

I know, I know that I believe in

Whatever brings you joy from me

But I've swept until I couldn't sweep

And this house is still a lie

Now I have to find a dress, have to buy a dress

Have to sew the dress 'til the pieces mesh

And I don't think I'm ready yet

And I haven't got the time

Pre-chorus

 Now there is rosemary where previously no rosemary was shown

 They have aerials they feed from me and they grow and grow

 and grow

 Now I am shifting into greenery now the pipes are running bone

 And you might think I was a house but I am a woman, a woman

Bridge

 But you say, "don't be afraid"

 And you try to explain

 How the best that we can hope and hope to gain

 Is to love and then be loved

 Is to have and then to hold

 'Til we age and then grow old

Chorus

 And all my days are

Fading into these

Walls you made are us

But I don't want to be

 And all my days are

Fading into these

Walls you made are us

But I don't want to be

 the queen

 in a century of sleep

 But I know that I believe

 In whatever makes you pleased

 In whatever brings you joy

From me