The Sisters of Mercy
Nine While Nine
[Verse 1]
And it's passing strange
And I'm waiting for the train
Caught up on this line again
And it's passing slowly
Killing time, but it's
Better than living in what will come
And I've still got some of your letters with me
And I thought sometimes, or I read too much
And I think you know
Let's drink to the dead lying under the water
And the cost of the blood on the driven snow
And the lipstick on my cigarettes
Frost upon the windowpane
Nine while nine, and I'm waiting
For the train....

[Verse 2]
She said, "Do you remember a time when angels
Do you remember a time when fear
In the days when I was stronger
In the days when you were here," she said
"When days had no beginning
While days had no end
When shadows grew no longer
I knew no other friend but you
Were wild
You were wild...."
[Verse 3]
Frost upon these cigarettes
Lipstick on the windowpane
And I've lost all sense of the world outside
But I can't forget, so I call your name
And I'm looking for a life for me
And I'm looking for a life for you
And I'm talking to myself again
And it's so damn cold, it's just not true
And I'm walking through the rain
Trying to hold on, waiting for the train
And I'm only looking for what you want
But it's lonely here, and I think you knew
And I'm

[Refrain]
And I'm waiting
And I wait in vain
Nine while nine, and I'm waiting
For the train

And I'm waiting
And I wait in vain
Nine while nine, and I'm waiting
For the train
And I'm waiting
And I wait in vain
Nine while nine, and I'm waiting
For the train...