The Rose Of Laura Nyro

Ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah

A single stem, it's 6 a.m.

And foggy on the Hudson

Thorns adorn her baby grand

From Stoney End to London

Words unfold, hair black as coal

Sweet blindness in her eyes

Stoned souls perform at Central Park

In masks of her disguise

A sign inside the times

It's a poison pen they're pushing

Lay your head to rest upon

The pale and purple cushions

Like Virginia to the lighthouse

See the songbirds in their cages

The rose of Laura Nyro

Shed its petals on the pages

Ah-ah-ah

Eli's coming

Ah-ah-ah

Eli's coming

Ticking clocks, the orthodox

Tell 'em Eli's coming

Italian girls in Market Square

Where Catholic fears are running

Beads of sweat on Lafayette

Christmas Eve is melting

Dumb as rocks on Monterray

Down Gibson Street, they yelling

A sign inside the times

It's a poison pen they're pushing

Lay your head to rest upon

The pale and purple cushions

Like Virginia to the lighthouse

See the songbirds in their cages

The rose of Laura Nyro

Shed its petals on the pages

Ah-ah-ah

Eli's coming

Ah-ah-ah (Eli's coming)

Eli's coming

A single stem, it's 6 a.m.

And foggy on the Hudson

Thorns adorn her baby grand

From Stoney End to London

Words unfold, hair black as coal

Sweet blindness in her eyes

Stoned souls perform at Central Park

In masks of her disguise

A sign inside the times

It's a poison pen they're pushing

Lay your head to rest upon

The pale and purple cushions

Like Virginia to the lighthouse

See the songbirds in their cages

The rose of Laura Nyro

Shed it petal on the pages

The rose of Laura Nyro

Shed its petals on the pages

Ah-ah-ah

Eli's coming

Ah-ah-ah

Eli's coming

Ah-ah-ah (Eli's coming)

Eli's coming

You better hold your heart, girl

Oh, no, no, no (Eli's coming)

Eli's coming

Eli's, oh, Eli's coming

Eli's coming, yeah (Eli's coming)

Eli's coming, yeah-yeah-yeah (Eli's coming)

Eli's coming, oh (Eli's coming)

Eli's coming

I said Eli's, Eli's

Eli's coming

You better hold your heart, girl

Hold your heart out

Eli's coming, yeah