Mona Lisa Waits Songtext
von Cliff Eberhardt

There are paintings in the hallway
This building is too big
She hangs out here in Paris
But she′s from Italy
There's a million other suitors
Who stand in line like me
Who inch up to that velvet rope
To get the chance to see

Mona Lisa waits
Mona Lisa smiles
Mona Lisa′s distant glance
Sets us all on fire
Everyone is looking
Everyone can see
Everyone is temporary
She's not in love with me


Does she always have to smile
At everyone she sees?
Without a real commitment
She's just appeasing me
Her background is unfinished
But I don′t really care
We′re all allowed one minute
And all I do is stare

Mona Lisa waits
Mona Lisa smiles
Mona Lisa's distant glance
Sets us all on fire
Everyone is looking
Everyone can see
Everyone is temporary
She′s not in love with me

It takes a certain genius
To make us all believe
That he has shared a private secret
That only we can see
'Cause we are all just grains of sand
It′s that same old tired thing


The flight here took me all night long
This world is far too big
So we are left to ponder
A smile so undefined
A love through generations
The unrequited kind

Mona Lisa waits
Mona Lisa smiles
Mona Lisa's distant glance
Sets us all on fire
Everyone is looking
Everyone can see
Everyone is temporary
She′s not in love with me

Mona Lisa waits
Mona Lisa smiles
Mona Lisa's distant glance
Sets us all on fire

Mona Lisa waits