[Verse 1]

I thought I saw you in the Battleship

But it was only a look-a-like

She was nothing but a vision trick

Under the warning light

She was close, close enough to be your ghost

But my chances turned to toast

When I asked her if I could call her your name

[Verse 2]

I thought I saw you in the Rusty Hook

Huddled up in a wicker chair

I wandered over for a closer look

And kissed whoever was sitting there

She was close and she held me very tightly

'Til I asked awfully politely

"Please, can I call you her name?"

[Chorus]

And I elongated my lift home

Yeah, I let him go the long way round

I smelt your scent on the seatbelt

And kept my shortcuts to myself

[Verse 3]

I thought I saw you in the Parrot's Beak

Messing with the smoke alarm

It was too loud for me to hear her speak

And she had a broken arm

It was close, so close that the walls were wet

And she wrote it out in Letraset

"No, you can't call me her name"

[Bridge]

And tell me, where's your hiding place?

I'm worried I'll forget your face

And I've asked everyone

I'm beginning to think I imagined you all along

[Chorus]

I elongated my lift home

Yeah, I let him go the long way round

I smelt your scent on the seatbelt

And kept my shortcuts to myself

[Outro]

I saw your sister in the Cornerstone

On the phone to the middle man

When I saw that she was on her own

I thought she might understand

She was close, well, you couldn't get much closer

She said, "I'm really not supposed to, but yes

You can call me anything you want"