Yellow Kimono - Judy Collins

She’s asks the operator

For a long-distance line

And now she’s estimating

Tokyo time

He should be rising

She should be asleep

Sweet music she hears

Those telephone beeps

It’s been a week now

Since he left home

Saying, «I'm sorry

But I have to go

It won’t be long

And I’ll bring you back home

A yellow kimono»

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

A glass in her hand

And the sound turned down low

She watches him talking

On a late TV show

It’s been a rough day now

And she’s missing him so

And that yellow kimono

She can’t understand it

Why there’s no reply

So she asks the operator

To try one more time

A million thoughts

Are going 'round in her mind

Those Geisha girls

And that hot sake wine

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

She wakes in the morning

With the kids 'round the bed

«Hey look, mommy, mommy

What daddy has sent»

She opens the parcel

Containing no note

Just a yellow kimono

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

(«I'm trying to connect you now»)

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

(«Do you want to hold the line?»)

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

(«Sorry, there’s no reply»)

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

(«I'm trying to connect you now»)

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

(«Do you want to hold the line?»)

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

(«I'm sorry, there’s no reply»)

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

(«I'm trying to connect you now»)

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

(«Do you want to hold the line?»)

She’s waiting on Tokyo time

(«I'm sorry, there’s no reply»)

She’s waiting on Tokyo time