Lyric This Free Will

She peeled from a stretch black snake
which slipped up to the hotel door.
Darting looks from piercing eyes --
The stir of memory and then no more.
Well, you know how I have to believe --
She can almost remember my name.

It s been a long time coming, babe --
Long time loose amongst foreign hills --
Shaking my faith in this free will.

Years ago in a coastal town,
mosquitoes buzzed in her hair.
Schooldress torn and bare feet brown --
Then the rains came and she wasn t there.
You re closing your doors on me
when you had almost remembered my name.

It s been a long time coming, babe --
Long time loose amongst foreign hills --
Shaking my faith in this free will.

Sharp points in an ink black sky --
Faint words collide, then are lost.
I ll follow you beneath this dome --
Win you back at any cost.
I know we were children then,
but you can almost remember my name.

It s been a long time coming, babe --
Long time loose amongst foreign hills --
Well, let s be children still --
Don t shake my faith in this free will.

Don t shake my faith in this free will.