[Verse 1]
Christabel strips and slips like a dream
Breaking ice with arms that gleam
With pain, disdain, she throws her head
And glides against the stream

[Verse 2]
Throwing me her bravest smile
Defiant, glittering, shivering guile
"Catching a cold is quick this time
But fish, fish may take a while"

[Verse 3]
Christabel dips and slips from me
Hand pushed deep inside is suddenly free
Triumphant, reluctantly, struggling
Six legs held up for me to see

[Verse 4]
"Don't be so scared, it's nothing new
It's the same old game, only fun with two"
But fast and over and over
"I can't play this game with you"

[Chorus]
Everything she tries to tell me
Leaves me open mouthed and still
Foolishly arrange tomorrow
The way I always will
[Verse 5]
Christabel trips and grips my hand
But never to be saved
For a second I understand
And I fall with her

[Verse 6]
"I'll never leave you, love you
See you change into the man I want
But it's not for long this thing
It's not for long"

[Chorus]
Everything she tries to tell me
Leaves me open mouthed and still
Foolishly arrange tomorrow
The way I always will

[Chorus]
Everything she tries to tell me
Leaves me open mouthed and still
Foolishly arrange tomorrow
The way I always will