A cannon was fired by the light of the moon and Waiting the boat should be here very soon and I mind less and less all the silly pictures that hang 'round my room, for now I write you a letter, I hope you feel better I hope you forgive the transgressions I've given you love and I've given you anger as well And I mean them both I always knew it was coming this way It was coming this way I always knew a big boat would come, Take me away, take me away I stood in my bed Then I slipped in my dress Then I ran through the halls like a ghost And in case someone heard me I grabbed up a dagger that I'd never used, unless Bare feet on the cobblestone street, Then a beach Then a splash Then my ankles, my knees, Then my thighs and my eyes open wide I threw myself right into the sea Then I could see it was coming my way It was coming my way I always knew a big boat would come and take me away Take me away, take me away I've woken up once And I've woken up twice And I've woken up millions and millions of times Somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water Somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water I would if I could But I can't, so I don't My heart breaks too easy, my words get all jumbled And when I wear lipstick, No one understands me at all They think I'm saying hello and goodbye and hello and goodbye But what I'm really saying is They think I'm saying hello and goodbye and hello and goodbye and hello But what I'm really saying is I've woken up once And I've woken up twice And I've woken up millions and millions of times