She was more magical than I had expected The spirit of an eagle could just be detected On her shoulder in the light that comes before the dawn of sunrise She kept a box behind the television screen Filled with rocks and sticks and bugs and things She said "There hasn't been electricity here since 1985" And she handed me a candle when the lights went dim She said "This house is filled with ghosts, Jim" And sometimes I think they're calling my name And would you like another glass of wine And we talked and we talked and we talked It was so good to talk, her heart was a leopard, her tongue was a fork The words were like leaves, all scattered and green And we lay on the floor (La la la...) She was more magical than I had expected The spirit of a lion could just be detected By her side when you stood behind her and looked in the mirror She had just been in an African dream And I couldn't believe all the things she had seen She said "Why do people always speak of the horror?" And she handed me a tissue as the lights went dim She said "Your eyes are filled with tears, Jim" I cried for the sick and the restless And I drank some wine and looked over my meadows The millions, the silent, the simmering, the angry, the righteous The manic fanatics with semi-automatic rifles I'll give you a hundred dollars to tell me what life is I'll go to the gym, I'll read you the bible (La la la...) And so here we all are together again I hope that you get your money's worth my friends And if you came to laugh, I hope that you laugh And if you came to cry, well here are some onions La la la la, it's just me and my guitar I'll sing you a sad song, a song from the heart About the little things that make us smile and forget Our troubles at least for a while And we all are more magical than we could have expected The lights of the future can just be detected in the distance We strain our eyes to see further