After you're gone, babies ride the soft machine
Threading the warm children down the space between
Into a slow heaven, hanging by a thread
Leaving the still living for the walking dead

It took so long to find my way out of here
Out of the warm night, to the hard light, shivering with fear

After you're gone, babies crawling on the world
Touching the souls of all the lonely, carefree boys and girls
Daddy needs you, Mama feeds you, and they come until they go
But if I'm lonely, I'm the only one who knows

It took so long to find my way out of here
Out of the warm night, to the hard light, shivering with fear
After the slow lonely waiting, I'm all alone, alone and free
If you see me, please believe me, I want to be

After you're gone, babies screaming at the rain
Hanging a slow heaven in the wind again
She's been waiting 270 days
She's sick of waiting, she says
"When you see me, please believe me
I'm the only one who cares at all"

It took so long to find my way out of here
Out of the warm night, to the hard light, shivering with fear
After the slow lonely waiting, I'm all alone, alone and free
If you see me, please believe me, I want to be
After you're gone