St. Wavertree

Verse 1

Sunlight drips through windowpanes

A clock begins to sigh

Melting down the china cup

Where marmalade dreams lie

Tick-tock puddles on the saucer

Silver spoon waves goodbye

Pre-Chorus

Oh the hands they wander

Through the afternoon

Wandering and wondering

Beneath a butter moon

Chorus

Saint Wavertree

Saint Wavertree

Where the minutes swim in tea

Saint Wavertree

Saint Wavertree

Come and set the pendulum free

Verse 2

Pocket full of yesterday

The grandfather has gone

Leaving only pocket lint

And a half-remembered song

The cuckoo's stuck inside his house

His voice is coming wrong

Pre-Chorus

Oh the chimes they falter

Through the afternoon

Stuttering and stammering

Beneath a butter moon

Chorus

Saint Wavertree

Saint Wavertree

Where the minutes swim in tea

Saint Wavertree

Saint Wavertree

Come and set the pendulum free

Bridge

(Bicycle bells and traffic sounds weave through)

Round and round the garden path

A sugar cube has built a bath

For the honeybee who wore a hat

And spoke of nothing this and that

(Children's voices enter, chanting)

Dibble dibble dooble doo

Pockets full of purple goo

Wibble wobble walla wop

Turn the teacup till it drops

Dibble dibble dooble doo

Saint Wavertree is calling you

Guitar Solo - Backward and Swirling

(Wah-wah guitar played backward over Mellotron flutes)

Verse 3

Postman comes with letters made

Of cobwebs and of string

Stamps that show a walrus dancing

With a golden ring

The envelope is open

But the words refuse to sing

Pre-Chorus

Oh the ink keeps melting

Through the afternoon

Blurring and occurring

Beneath a butter moon

Chorus

Saint Wavertree

Saint Wavertree

Where the minutes swim in tea

Saint Wavertree

Saint Wavertree

Come and set the pendulum free

Outro

(Traffic fades, children humming)

Saint Wavertree

Saint Wavertree

(Mellotron chords swirl upward)

Saint Wavertree