Status

Cover Song

Written By

Pete Brown
Jack Bruce

Recording Sessions

1986-1991 (?? - Undated Recordings) - uncirculating

Availability of Official Release

N/A

Lyrics

In the white room with black curtains near the station
Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes
Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment
I’ll wait in this place where the sun never shines

Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves
You said no strings could secure you at the station
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows
I walked into such a sad time at the station
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning
I’ll wait in the queue when the trains come back

Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves
At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes
She’s just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings
I’ll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd;

Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves

Notes

This Cream song title was revealed on the Sweet Adeline message boards in October 2008 as part of a listing of several songs/titles/words provided by an anonymous classmate of Elliott’s, with no further explanation provided. As one of these items has subsequently ended up being confirmed as a song title of a Stranger Than Fiction recording, it is possible that Elliott may have recorded the R.E.M. song with Stranger Than Fiction, Harum Scarum, Neil Gust, or on his own.

Audio

N/A