WAITING FOR THE ISAAC (for Jonathan) by Richard Horton © Hortones All of her dreams of sitting at table quite late / A stranger walks in, and he’s helping himself to her plate / And she’s waking herself from her sleep / And she smiles as she keeps track of all of her dreams as she waits I sit and I read, but my eyes wander across the page / Dozing, I smile, and smiling, I think of my age / And I’m waking myself from my sleep / And I’m not quite sure of this new secret I keep As I wait (waiting for the Isaac to come) When the Isaac comes, we’ll all laugh and sing / Hope and faith are what the Isaac brings / A promise for a land not torn / Every child is Isaac-born She touches me, and the future moves under my hands / Glancing, we smile as we think of your watery land / And we’ve woken ourselves from our sleep / And we’re laughing as we count down the weeks as we wait (waiting for the Isaac to come) And you know I think I love you And you know I think I love you— We’re waiting (for the Isaac to come) We’re waiting (for the Isaac to come) Organ, guitars, bass & vocals: RICH ARITHMETIC Drums: JESSE DEAN Cello: MAY MAY GONG