Waiting for the Star to Rise Lyrics

I really ought to have done something sooner

My clothes are getting to be tight and I'm starting to show

I know somebody, she said, But you'll need money

Go from west to east, she said, walk through the snow

But do you have any money?

Yes, I've sold my fur coat

You'll need more, she said

Walk through the snow

Waiting for the star to rise

With you here, here inside

You, with maybe no arms, maybe no eyes

Waiting for the star to rise

All the things I have taken, you must be a monster

I can feel you there inside me, starting to grow

The Abbè Sebastian pills, the primrose label

Quinine, a franc a bottle; but you didn't go

O, the things I had to do, but now I have the money

Sewn into a little canvas bag

I didn't know gold could be so heavy

Waiting for the star to rise

With you here, here inside

You, with maybe no arms, maybe no eyes

Waiting for the star to rise