She stands before you naked   you can see it, you can taste it,   and she comes to you light as the breeze.   Now you can drink it or you can nurse it,   it don't matter how you worship   as long as you're   down on your knees.   So I knelt there at the delta,   at the alpha and the omega,   at the cradle of the river and the seas.   And like a blessing come from heaven   for something like a second   I was healed and my heart   was at ease.     O baby I waited   so long for your kiss   for something to happen,   oh something like this.     And you're weak and you're harmless   and you're sleeping in your harness   and the wind going wild   in the trees,   and it ain't exactly prison   but you'll never be forgiven   for whatever you've done   with the keys.     O baby I waited ...     It's dark now and it's snowing   O my love I must be going,   The river has started to freeze.   And I'm sick of pretending   I'm broken from bending   I've lived too long on my knees.     Then she dances so graceful   and your heart's hard and hateful   and she's naked   but that's just a tease.   And you turn in disgust   from your hatred and from your love   and comes to you   light as the breeze.     O baby I waited ...     There's blood on every bracelet   you can see it, you can taste it,   and it's Please baby   please baby please.   And she says, Drink deeply, pilgrim   but don't forget there's still a woman   beneath this   resplendent chemise.     So I knelt there at the delta,   at the alpha and the omega,   I knelt there like one who believes.   And the blessings come from heaven   and for something like a second   I'm cured and my heart   is at ease