She stands before you naked
  you can see it, you can taste it,
  and she comes to you light as the breeze.
  Now you can drink it or you can nurse it,
  it don't matter how you worship
  as long as you're
  down on your knees.
  So I knelt there at the delta,
  at the alpha and the omega,
  at the cradle of the river and the seas.
  And like a blessing come from heaven
  for something like a second
  I was healed and my heart
  was at ease.
  
  O baby I waited
  so long for your kiss
  for something to happen,
  oh something like this.
  
  And you're weak and you're harmless
  and you're sleeping in your harness
  and the wind going wild
  in the trees,
  and it ain't exactly prison
  but you'll never be forgiven
  for whatever you've done
  with the keys.
  
  O baby I waited ...
  
  It's dark now and it's snowing
  O my love I must be going,
  The river has started to freeze.
  And I'm sick of pretending
  I'm broken from bending
  I've lived too long on my knees.
  
  Then she dances so graceful
  and your heart's hard and hateful
  and she's naked
  but that's just a tease.
  And you turn in disgust
  from your hatred and from your love
  and comes to you
  light as the breeze.
  
  O baby I waited ...
  
  There's blood on every bracelet
  you can see it, you can taste it,
  and it's Please baby
  please baby please.
  And she says, Drink deeply, pilgrim
  but don't forget there's still a woman
  beneath this
  resplendent chemise.
  
  So I knelt there at the delta,
  at the alpha and the omega,
  I knelt there like one who believes.
  And the blessings come from heaven
  and for something like a second
  I'm cured and my heart
  is at ease