You've been away for such a long long time Gone from the brickyard, gone from the mine All these unfamiliar places used to find your measured paces Now it's all arriving, now it's all just fine I thought perhaps we could sit down for tea Nein, was the cold reply of Frau ecstasy Sitting on a mossy stump, among all the bottles drunk, breathe cold against the air Oh I smell your ragweed hair, smoked to the bone, soaked to the bone I'm all alone, poor me I thought perhaps we could sit down for tea Nein, was the cold reply of Frau ecstasy Hey, who's that old man in the overalls, His cows lick the ice from off the stable walls Hey, who's that old man in the overalls, His cows licked the ice from off the stable walls