jethro tull - this free will lyrics

she peeled from a stretch black snake
which slipped up to the hotel door.
darting looks from piercing eyes --
the stir of memory and then no more.
well, you know how i have to believe --
she can almost remember my name.

it's been a long time coming, babe --
long time loose amongst foreign hills --
shaking my faith in this free will.

years ago in a coastal town,
mosquitoes buzzed in her hair.
schooldress torn and bare feet brown --
then the rains came and she wasn't there.
you're closing your doors on me
when you had almost remembered my name.

it's been a long time coming, babe --
long time loose amongst foreign hills --
shaking my faith in this free will.

sharp points in an ink black sky --
faint words collide, then are lost.
i'll follow you beneath this dome --
win you back at any cost.
i know we were children then,
but you can almost remember my name.

it's been a long time coming, babe --
long time loose amongst foreign hills --
well, let's be children still --
don't shake my faith in this free will.

don't shake my faith in this free will.