[Verse 1]
You could meet me for coffee at sundown when all of the workers come home
You could whisper it softly and somehow it's like I had already known
These pages are cages for phrases my wages get paid with on dark, empty stages
And hey, just a sage bit of aged religious advice as per Christ, bro, you only love twice

[Chorus]
Hey, boys, I'm walking on water, somebody's daughter
Made me feel rotten, I forgot her name
And the bells of the father rang o'er the water
Oh, God, I want her, it goes without saying

[Verse 2]
Skip your feet while we're walking down Ludlow up the fire escape to your room
You could picture me talking to some girl at so-and-so's house that we knew
These pages are cages for phrases my wages get paid with on dark, empty stages
And Jesus will page us when he's free to save us, until then, he gave us this book of old fables

[Chorus]
And hey, boys, I'm walking on water, somebody's daughter
Made me feel rotten, I forgot her name
And the bells of the father rang o'er the water
Oh, God, I want her, it goes without saying