I hope that I can find it
The light that keeps my soul lit
The candle in the basement
I'm the poet on the pavement
She's the only one I can come to
Sorry that I'm so blue
Always restless in the evening
The telephone is ringing
It says that I will know soon
(Ooh)
But I know that it's not true
Lady of the Greenland
Met the Russian prince of the nomads
He keeps her letter in his pocket
She keeps a picture in her locket
And I hope that I can find it
(Hope that I can find it)
The light that keeps my soul lit
The candle in the basement
I'm the poet on the pavement
The phone says that I will know soon, ooh
But I know, yes I know, I know that it's not true
But I hope that I can find it
The light that keeps my soul lit