I was wasted in the afternoon
waiting on a train
I woke up in pieces and Elisabeth had disappeared again
I wish you were inside of me
I hope that you're ok
I hope you're resting quietly
I just wanted to say

goodnight, Elisabeth

We couldn't all be cowboys
so some of us are clowns
Some of us are dancers on the midway
we roam from town to town
I hope that everybody can just find a little flame
Me, I say my prayers,
then I just light myself on fire
And I walk out on the wire once again
and I say

goodnight Elisabeth

I will wait for you in Baton Rouge
I'll miss you down in New Orleans
I'll wait for you while she slips in something comfortable
And i'll miss you when i'm slipping in between
If you wrap yourself in daffodils
I will wrap myself in pain
And if you're the queen of California
Baby I am the King of the Rain
and I say

goodnight Elisabeth
goodnight Elisabeth, the moon is a satellite
won't you fall down on me, now?

I'm all alone..

words & music by Adam F. Duritz

Published © 1996 EMI Blackwood Music Inc./
Jones Falls Music (adm. by EMI-Blackwood Music Inc.) BMI.
© 1996 Geffen Records, Inc.