G
Abandoned by all her admirers
Bm
Wild white shadow waltz
       C
Stands alone on a stair down the hall
         Am                     D
Just one slip from a trip and a fall.

[Verse]
     G
In a cold morning holding her lighter
Bm
One white shadow waltz
C
Stirs, sputters and stalls
Am                 D                              Bm
Wakes, wavers, and walks right through her prison walls.

[Bridge]
Bm                               Bm F#
She says the doorbell is ringing
F#                F# A
Go see who it is
A
Our little island's sinking into
Em
Mist.

[Verse]
  G
A day came, a night went, it lightened
   Bm
An animal broke his way out
C
Moped through a scattering crowd
    Am                         D
And crawled back to his circus shell.

[Verse]
    G
And circling the zoo's screaming clients
Bm
Was white shadow waltz
C
Deaf to their torn breaths and calls
     Am                     D                     G
Wait take a look closer hey he's hardly moving at all.

[Bridge]
Bm                                Bm F#
She says there's someone knocking
F#                F# A
Go see who it is
A
Our world is shaking I guess
Em
Our little world is breaking in the

[Verse]
G
Presence of all our despisers
      Bm
We'll falter and crawl into our bed
    C
The world is a black shadow bled
    Am                      D
And what is this tune in my head?

[Outro]
              G
She says it's just the white wind when it whimpers
         Bm
And it's just the black rain when it squalls
          C
It's just white meat whistling a waltz
          Am                  D                       G
It's just nine hands wiping a white shadow off of the walls.