A Woman, a Woman, a Century of Sleep Lyrics

-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
-END-
But I know that I believe
In whatever makes you pleased
In whatever brings you joy
From me