Lyrics:

I wanna tell ya 'bout a girl
You know, she lives in room twenty-nine
Why, why? Ah, that's the one right up top of mine
I start to cry, I start to cry
Oh, I hear her walkin'
Walkin' barefoot 'cross the floorboards
All through this lonesome night
I hear her crying too, hot tears come splashin' down
Leaking through the cracks, down upon my face
I catch 'em in my mouth, catch 'em in my mouth
Catch 'em in my mouth, I catch 'em in my mouth
Walk an' cry, walk an' cry, walk an' cry
I walk an' cry

From her to eternity
From her to eternity
From her to eternity

I read her diary on her sheets, scrutinizing every little bit of dirt
Tore out a page and stuffed it inside my shirt
I fled outta the window and shinnin' it down the vine
Outta her nightmare and back inside mine
Mine, mine

From her to eternity
From her to eternity
Oh, cry, cry, cry
Oh, cry, cry, cry

She's wearing those bluestockin's, I bet
And standin' like this with my ear to the ceiling
Listen, I know it must sound absurd
But I can hear the most melancholy sound I ever heard
Walk and cry, walk and cry, kneel and cry, kneel and cry

From her to eternity
From her to eternity (Why)

Oh, tell me why? Oh, tell me why?
Oh, why, why, why? Oh, tell me why? Don't tell me a lie
Why the ceiling still shakes? Shake, shake, shake
And all the fixtures turn to serpents and snakes?
This desire to possess her is a wound
And it's naggin' at me like a shrew
But I know that to possess her is, therefore, not to desire her
Well, then that little girl will just have to go, go

From her to eternity
I go from her to eternity

From her to eternity (Cry, cry, cry)
From her to eternity (Cry, cry, cry)
From her to eternity (Why did I cry? Why did I cry? Why did I cry?)
From her to eternity (Cry, cry, cry)
From her to eternity (Why did I cry? Why did I cry? Why did I cry? Why did I cry?)
From her to eternity (Cry, cry)
From her to eternity (Cry, cry, cry)
From her to eternity (Cry, cry, cry)
(Cry, cry, cry, cry)