Now you see it now you don't Things make sense, and then they won't I can barely see across the bay She's so distant and obscure I can't escape from her Until I'm far enough away And Alcatraz comes in and out of sight And Alcatraz is flashing in the night And I think of the one, a distant blur, A piece of me still lodged in her Held prisoner - she's my Alcatraz Things I think I almost know Discontinued long ago Once occurred inside her walls And I can't helping thinking of Harsh rituals of love That no one quite recalls But Alcatraz doesn't really care And Alcatraz almost isn't there But I think of the one, so dear to me Whose face I still can almost see Distantly --she's my Alcatraz So un-together Under the weather I can't make it out And Alcatraz is a distant blur So Alcatraz looks a lot like her And I almost see her taking shape And part of me still can't escape Nobody has - she's my Alcatraz