You went looking for nur, dear,  Down by the sea  You found some Iittle silver fish  But you didn't find me  I was hiding, dear, hiding all way  I was hiding, dear, hiding all way    You went to the museum  You climbed a spiral stair  You searched for me all among  The knowledgeable air  I was hidden, babe, hiding all away  I was hidden, dear, hiding all away    You entered the cathedral  When you heard the solemn knell  I was not sitting with the gargoyles  I was not swinging from the hell  I was hiding, dear, I was hiding all away  I was hiding, dear, I was hiding all away    You asked an electrician  If he'd seen me round his place  He touched you with his fingers  Sent sparks zapping out your face  I was hidden, dear, hiding all away  I was not there, dear, hiding all away    You went and asked your doctor  To get some advice  He shot you full of Pethidine  And then he billed you twice    But I was hiding, dear, hiding all away  But I was hiding, dear, hiding all away    You approached a high court judge  You thought he'd be on the level  He wrapped a rag around your face  And beat you with his gavel  I was hiding, habe, hiding all away  I was hidden, dem, hiding all away    You asked 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, hiding all away  I had to get out of there, dear, hiding all away    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,  but I was not there anymore  I had been there, now I'm hiding all way    You walked into the ball of fame  And approached my imitators  Some were stuffing their faces with caviar  Some were eating cold potatoes  I was hiding, dear, hiding all away  I was hiding, dear, hiding all away    You asked a famous cook if he'd seen me  He opened his oven wide  He basted you with butter, babe  And made you crawl inside  I was not in there, dear, hiding all away  I was not in there, dear, hiding all away    You asked the butcher  Who lifted up his cleaver  Stuck his fist up your dress  Said he must've been mad to leave you  But I had to get away, dear, hiding all away  I had to get away, dear, I was hidden all away    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's a war coming  Coming from above    There is a war coming  There is a war coming