You went looking for me, dear   Down by the sea   You found some Iittle silver fish   But you didn't find me      I was hidin', dear, hidin' all away   I was hidin', dear, I was hidin' all away      You went to the museum   And you climbed a spiral stair   You searched for me all among   With a knowledgeable air      I was hidden, babe, I was hidin' all away   I was hidden, dear, I was hidin' all away      You entered the cathedral   When you heard the solemn knell   I was not sitting with the gargoyles   I was not swingin' from the bell      I was hidin', dear, I was hidin' all away   I was hidin', dear, I was hidin' all away   Alright there      You asked an electrician   If he'd seen me 'round his place   He touched you with his fingers   Sent sparks zappin' out your face      I was hidden, dear, I was hidin' all away   I was not there, dear, I was hidin' all away      Well, you went and asked the doctor   To get some advice   Well, he shot you full of Pethidine   And then he went and billed you twice      But I was hidin', dear, hidin' all away   I was hidin', dear, hidin' all away      You approached a High Court judge   You thought he'd be on the level   Well, he wrapped a rag around your face   And he beat you with his gavel      I was hidin', baby, I was hidin' all away   I was even hidden, dear, I was hidin' all away      You looked at the local constabulary   They said, he's up to his same old tricks   They leered at you with their baby blues   And rubbed jelly on their sticks      I had to get out of there, babe, I was hidin' all away   You better get out of there, dear, I was hiding all away   Alright there, alright there      You searched through all my poets   From Sappho through to Auden   I saw the book fall from your hands   As you slowly died of boredom      I had been there, dear, and I was not there anymore   I had been there, dear, now I'm hiding all away      You walked into the Hall of Fame   And approached my imitators   Some were stuffin' their faces with caviar   Some were eatin' cold potatoes      Well I was hidin', dear, I was hiding all away   I was hidin', dear, I was hiding all away      Well, you asked a famous cook if he'd seen me   He opened his oven wide   Well, he basted you with butter, babe   And he made you crawl inside      But I was not in there, dear, I was hiding all away   I was not in there, dear, I was hiding all away      You asked the butcher   Who lifted up his cleaver   Stuck his fist up your dress   Said he must've been a maid to leave you      But I had to get away, dear, I was hiding all away   I had to get away, dear, I was hidden all away   Alright there      Some of us, we hide away   Some of us, we don't   Some will live to love another day   And some of us won't      But we all know there is a law   And that law, it is love   And we all know there is a war comin'   Comin' from above      There is a war comin'   There is a war comin'   There is a war comin'   ...