Pierre Englebert

Lyrics

I’ve been waiting for you since half past two
I’ve been sitting at the window, saw a squirrel and a sparrow
I’ve been dreaming of you since 1992
With Clinton in the White House, shoulder pads on women’s blouses
I was hoping for you when I was 22, when the girl that I was dating slept with Jeremy McFerrin
Ever feel guilty, Jeremy? It’s not too late to say you’re sorry
But it worked out for me, you know, ‘cause she turned out to be a psycho
And it’s a quarter to three, you said you’d come at 7:30
And so this song might never end, it’s already gotten out of hand
Like my life got out of hand, when I first saw you at my friend’s
Slicing radishes in the kitchen, sexiest thing I could imagine
Oh, I was waiting for you, dreaming of you, hoping for you
When the East German generals saw the Germans climb and jump their walls and
Oh, oh, the dreams I was dreaming, the iron curtain falling, finally came true
When you didn’t mind I kiss you as we walked down the avenue

In half an hour it will be four, looks like the road to my door
Is long and winding, furthermore, did you know sparrows mate for life?
They become husband and wife, like us in 1995
When O.J.Simpson liked to drive his Bronco on the 405
The more I think of it I fear that you will never make it here
That old McFerrin will appear and sweep you off your feet, my dear
Like the Virgin Mary into thin air and I couldn’t tell you how much I care
I’d be back again in ninety-two, the squirrel gone and the sparrow too
Oh, I was waiting for you, dreaming of you, hoping for you
When the East German generals saw the Germans climb and jump their walls
Oh, oh, the dreams I was dreaming, the iron curtain falling, finally came true
When you didn’t mind I kiss you as we walked down the avenue

Five and six came and went already, the window seems a little dirty
As are my thoughts about Jeremy, I might hold grudges, I can be petty
But now that you’re driving up the hill, I’m so giddy I can’t sit still
Like Jimmy Swaggart couldn’t sit still when with his Mary Magdalene
Before you know it, it will be seven, and, no surprise, it rhymes with heaven
That’s where I’m headed despite my sins, that’s where I’ll curl up against your skin
But not so Jimmy, Jeremy, Bill who keep on begging I let them in
But now that your car is up the hill, we finally are, and they have been
And, oh, I was waiting for you, dreaming of you, hoping for you
Since the East German generals saw the Germans climb and jump their walls and
Oh, oh, the dreams I was dreaming, the iron curtain falling, finally came true
When you didn’t mind I kiss you as we walked down the avenue.