[ti:Partner In Crime] [ar:The Gentle Waves] [al:Swansong For You] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Partner In Crime - The Gentle Waves [00:00.27]Written by:Isobel campbell [00:00.55]It happened in the summer not so very long ago [00:05.85]It was so warm and humid [00:06.94]Elsie would go down to the old wood [00:08.20]And pray for the wind to come [00:11.03]She had a friend who swore you could evoke the angels simply by prayer [00:14.63]She said there are angels for every desire but you must believe you have to believe [00:22.20]So by the time the sun was buried along with the stale air [00:25.32]A plan had formed very clearly in her mind [00:33.58]She was a lonely girl of around twenty or so [00:35.86]And as she knelt down to pray in the old wood under the town [00:38.82]Her heart would beg and plead [00:44.73]I desire a partner in crime [00:50.05]I've grown tired of endless crying [00:54.92]I desire a partner in crime [01:00.41]I've grown tired of endless crying [01:04.79]Crying for nothing [01:15.76]And the roses hung their weary heads [01:17.56]Like people do when they are heavy and without hope [01:20.80]The seasons passed [01:22.01]January February under the trees [01:23.41]And there were tulips amongst the firs [01:25.17]Elsie was twenty three twenty four twenty five [01:27.42]And the underpass was dark and dense [01:29.12]With light at the seams [01:30.15]Where the trees were broken and the branches were reaching out [01:33.17]For they had witnessed her prayers [01:34.55]And there was promise in the wind [01:36.56]A promise of better things [01:38.04]I desire a partner in crime [01:43.15]I desire a partner in crime [01:48.50]I've grown tired of endless crying [01:52.74]Crying for nothing [02:30.39]The years flowed on and on [02:31.85]Like the wine that celebrated marriages [02:33.32]Of friends and sisters [02:35.06]Elsie began to think that even if her wish materialized [02:37.69]She could not sacrifice a life that was so familiar lonely [02:41.06]Sad with an almost religious quality [02:43.38]She remembered times spent in the old wood deep in prayer [02:46.59]Aching begging [02:48.12]Thinking her heart might burst [02:49.96]Her friend had moved away unannounced [02:52.18]She'd disappeared [02:53.25]There was no belief [02:54.84]And longer and longer there was less to give [02:57.20]Less love to give [02:58.61]Of course there'd been lovers [03:00.10]But nothing close to what she'd hoped for [03:01.98]Before she'd felt electricity swelling in her palms [03:04.75]But not now [03:05.95]Limp and hopeless life continued [03:08.08]But it wasn't really living [03:09.89]All she'd ever dreamed wished and yearned for [03:12.42]Had been stolen and shot down [03:17.43]And eternity was calling [03:22.26]Calling for nothing