Lyrics Graham Parker

Graham Parker

Haunted Episodes

I wonder what you are thinkin'

under the rooftops there

pullin' tangles from your hair

I wonder if the water you're drinkin'

comes from a purer stream

The one where sunlight gleams

Things round here don't get any clearer

Stuff that once seemed in reach is not any nearer

I wonder if that house is still standin' or did they knock it flat

Well that's progress that's that I wonder who was more demanding

We were just young I guess neither would settle for less

Still it's not a whole life story is it

It's just a page I turned and there you were in it

I wonder how you are farin' not sliding down a slope

takin' the knocks I hope

I wonder where your eyes are starin'

Not into some emptiness into someone's I guess

but that still won't make things any clearer

people seem to drift apart instead of getting nearer

I wonder what you are doin' under the evening sky

watchin' your life go by

I wonder if that place is in ruins and all the doors are closed

that's just the way it goes

I wonder what there is worth keepin' from haunted episodes

that briefly woke us from sleepin'