Sister — текст песни (Over The Rhine)

You say he feels it
his face reveals it
my sweet trepidation
an eagerness of my own
a shiver slips through my bones
can you see cobblestone roads
running through his stare
he`s so clandestine
he`s such a vision
so tell me sister
he sits here in this small dive
there`s something behind those eyes
did you perceive the wilderness
resting there so did i
laughing he stalls me
crazy he calls me
he thinks me artless
for not stocking berry wines
from certain australian vines
have mercy sister
he`s travelled `round the world
he`s like a shadow
there by the window
but no man`s an island
no man`s an artesian well
he loves the cathedral bell
it sings about him
when he goes home at night
so do i