He was born the same time as me To a small souled woman who died 23 Now you're here, they can't shove you back You go on living your life out of spite And I'm waiting for Jude the obscene The good ones first so get back in the queue You trawled your way through our grim school I hear your crowing in my sleep, in my dreams A great dark wave shivers over me And I'm waiting for Jude the obscene, waiting for Jude the obscene Boys with bashed-in eyes line the roads But the longest walk was the one back home, alone Now you're here, they can't shove you back You go on living your life out of spite And I'm waiting for Jude the obscene, I'm waiting for Jude the obscene Waiting for Jude the obscene, waiting for Jude the obscene Waiting for Jude the obscene