Methinks I See Thee Jane

Intro: verse 1 When the hush of night lays deep, when the moon shines eerie red When most watchers are asleep and even nightmares stay in bed I waited and I waited, to find the pictures in my mind But a scene I’d not created and those pictures intertwined Within a tangled dream, a firefly flits about A scene almost unseen, just a flash, the flash goes out With contradictions all about My convictions turn to doubt Oh, how bitter a thought’s free rein Methinks I see thee, Jane verse 2 Was that a gleam of golden hair, flashing here, flashing there Or just a dream caught unaware, a vision of the moonlight’s glare Hush, don’t say a word, your eyesight’s overwrought Maybe something really stirred, maybe so or maybe not No one is planting flowers in the prowling time of night But in these short dark hours, even memories can bite What’s that form there in the dark? Just a pine tree in the park? Oh, let me not be mad, insane Methinks I see thee, Jane verse 3 When I finally think it through, finally master my confusion Naughty shadows bend askew, charging through my grand illusion Who’s there, who goes, who’s going? My involuntary words Was it just the winds soft blowing, or nocturnal flocks of birds? Was it just the hesitation of a deer before it fled Was it my imagination, or was Jane somewhere ahead? A startled “Hey”, a faint “Goodbye” Then away, away she’ll fly Words, words, mere words remain Methinks I see thee, Jane Instrumental verse 4 High above the city streets, perched upon a window sill Above the night-time city beats, sang a lonely whippoorwill I heard it’s melancholy song, I know she heard it too She’d been hidden all along, oh, she saw me and withdrew Has her minutes, has her ways, but always a survivor Plays a part to make her plays, she knows what she’s alive for To hide and seek or seek and hide Through windows sneak, through locks untried What light shines through yon window pane? Methinks I see thee, Jane Interlude Woah-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh Like a lady, like a child Always shady, always wild So foul and fair a day, deceives my brain Methinks I see Methinks I see Methinks I see thee, Jane