I wanna tell ya 'bout a girl You know, she lives in Room 29 Why, that's the one right up top a mine I start to cry, I start to cry O I hear her walkin' Walkin' barefoot cross the floorboards All through this lonesome night I hear her crying too Hot tears come splashin' down Leakin' through the cracks Down upon my face, I catch 'em in my mouth Catch 'em in my mouth Catch 'em in my mouth I catch 'em in my mouth Walk 'n' cry, walk 'n' cry Walk 'n' cry, I walk 'n' cry From her to eternity From her to eternity From her to eternity I read her diary on her sheets Scrutinizin' ev'ry li'l bit of dirt Tore out a page 'n' stuffed it inside my shirt I fled outta the window And shinning it down the vine Outta her nightmare and back into mine Mine! From her to eternity From her to eternity From her to eternity Cry cry cry Cry cry cry She's wearin' them blue stockin's I bet And standin' like this with my ear to the ceiling Listen, Ih know it must sound absurd But I can hear the most melancholy sound I ever heard! Walk 'n' cry Walk 'n' cry Kneel 'n' cry Kneel 'n' cry From her to eternity From her to eternity Oh tell me why? Oh why, why, why Tell me why Why the ceiling still shakes? Shake shake shake Why the fixtures turn to serpents and snakes? This desire to possess her is a wound And it's naggin' at me like a shrew But I know that to possess her Is, therefore, not to desire her Oh, oh, oh then ya know, that li'l' girl would just have to go Go go go From her to eternity (go go go) From her to eternity From her to eternity (cry, cry, cry) From her to eternity From her to eternity Her to eternity From her to eternity From her to eternity From her to eternity From her to eternity From her