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Lagoon Blues |
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Venice
Shoes Sweet
Bergman unmasked Does
arabesques unasked Melts
into flight She
laughed in the face Of
this dusty traffic Once
she held The
golden east to fee She
laughed in the face Laughed
in the waves Of
a devious sea Now
unselfish love Waves
across The
impassable square With
nothing to lose Nothing
to choose Just
her Venice shoes Once
she held Once
she held The
golden east to fee Sweet
Bergman unmasked Does
arabesques for us unasked She
melts into flight With
nothing to lose Nothing
to prove Just
her Venice shoes Yet
unselfish love Yes
unselfish love Is
ready to cross This
beautiful square With
nothing to lose Nothing
to prove Just
her Venice shoes
Borne
through the darkness From
the beach at St Ives To
the Northern shore Of
the Western Isles Fruitgrace Trumpets
your tongue When
the Empress of hope Finds
you alone Where
can I find you? I’ll
push for a rose in the night And
I’ll seek you little gracefruit Yes
I’ll seek you little graceful one Little
Gracefruit of the heart And
Cupid revealed I
was under his wheels And
a swan song you sang On
the straw coast And
the red bow of Astarte Ties
the moon to the car Down
by Cape St Vincent Under
the stars Can
I find you? Yes
I’ll push for a rose in the night Yes
I’ll see you little gracefruit Yes
I’ll seek you little graceful one Little
gracefruit of the heart Little
gracefruit of the heart Fruitgrace Our
street sweeps divine Out
of breath Out
of time Any
peaceful pose Catches
you up now... Yes
I’ll love you little gracefruit Man
I’ll push for some pearls In
the night Yes
I love you little graceful one And
I push for some pearls In
the night A
rose in the night... If
this could last forever With
the moon in the car Down
by Cape St Vincent Underneath
the stars Underneath
the stars
Bronze
mistress sugar Playful
in design Passion
playing through her Mysterious
in time Fermina
in the garden Wearing
sunset shades I
seek her in the arbour Bring
her lemonade Even
as she smiles Even
as she sighs Fermina
of the angels Diaphanous
and wild If
you could see her now Down
a road so muddy Through
winds unclean Love
your confusion Love
her unseen Fermina
of the angels Fermina
of the dreams Fermina
of the Rich Coast Fermina
in the rye Tall
and flowering In
Dutch sailors eyes Even
as she smiles Yes
even as she sighs Fermina
of the angels Fabulous
and wild
Penned
in a pissoir The
pursuit will end For
a poison flower At
rainbow’s end And
all along seven bays Opium
smiles She’s
crouched like a sphinx On
these indigo tiles Listen
for me “Is
this the face that launched a
thousand ships And
burnt the topless towers of
Ilium? Sweet
Helen make me immortal with
a kiss...” Lost
on a trip On
the streets of Brussels In
a heliotrope haze You
wear acacia blossoms Forevermore I
saw her last Up
on Claremont pass She
came down to my door She
came for some more Honey
at the core For
a poison flower Youth
will die Penned
in a pissoir As
you cry “Do I believe in you do
I believe in myself?”
Someday
she’ll blow her trumpet Someday
she’ll ride the waves Walkout
blow out the candle Just
dismiss just misspell your name For
it’s never too late No
it’s never too late If
you’re ever to Fly
through the sunset Over
faraway lakes In
the morning devour the glory She’ll
follow on in your footsteps Florentine
in your footsteps Fog
I am in your footsteps All
the way For
it’s never too late No
it’s never too late Like
a sunset on a faraway lake Never
too late If
you’re ever to Rise
like a phoenix Heady
drive for the sun Trade
in the horses For
a home in the south Where
golden-eyed girls Sway
on the beach And
move through the sunset On
wings of desire Just
last night I checked it out And
I got word I
heard it was Amapola on foot And
Mahler had his Alma You
had me I
had you It’s
never too late No
it’s never too late Like
a sunset on a faraway lake Never
too late If
you’re ever to Rise
like a phoenix Heady
drive for the south Trade
in the horses For
a home in the sun Where
golden-eyed girls Sway
on the beach They
move through the sunset On
wings of desire
Unchain
the perfect Fragrant
moment A
fragrant moment When
Spring is calling Deep
in her purring past A
phantom tender Young
and Slender Young
and bold We’ll
see you sometimes Hear
your footsteps Eating
ice-cream Below
Spanish Steps 79th
and Madison Or
rainbow’s end Soft
trumpets plead Through
Eden’s groves Down
Eden’s lanes Oh
Raphael Take
these wild cherries there To
the lost one of beauty Subpoena
the fair See
her as Natasha Laughing
on the screen See
her by the fountain Seraphic
and serene Born
in fragrant season Under
old confetti bowers Shadows
in the garden Will
fall on every flower Furies
in the mansions Serpents
in the wells Her
golden cloak her radiance Broken
like a spell Forever
young and slender Forever
young and bold Forever
young and bold
The
harpies are flown Can’t
you see them move away Flap
their wings and sing sha
la la la sha
la la la sha
la la la la Kiss
some new dreams In
my tired mouth Place
your mystery On
my lips Still
you ask me If
I’m so alive You
must come with me Thru’
the old Holmwood Bird
song ringing Across
the verdant route And
the trees so heavy With
the sweetest fruits Kiss
some new dreams In
my tired mouth Place
your mystery On
my lips Hey
now listen You’re
so alive You
must come with me Thru’
the old Holmwood Your
eyes they glisten In
this wondrous night The
harpies missing Blown
or gone Kiss
some new dreams Kiss
some new dreams We’ll
find mystery In
the old Holmwood In
the old home
Lolita Light
of my life Fire
of my loins She
drew her Dancing
fingertips Across
my swollen lip Half
in her yellow dress Half
in her mouthly caress Yes
there my brightling stood Languidly
finally nude Laughing
she turned to go She
said “Me
faire casser le pot” Oh
Lolita Light
of my life Fire
of my loins Muri
au soleil
Via
D’Oro Down
beneath the law Moonlight
on your face Cast
this mystic coast Highway
your spell Hired
at sunset Still
you look at me Laughing
in the doorway Like
a promise all too sweet Via
D’Oro Down
beneath the law Then
you kiss me in your old way “Will
you always feel this way? Will
you always feel this way? Yes
I will Yes
I will Yes
I will Yes
I will To
shy like horses A
sky-wide tempest in blue In
dream bright garlands Tiepolo
blue Moonlight
on your face Moonlight
on your face Burnbright
at sunset Misty
coast spell Misty
coast spell Languid
in the doorway A
promise all too sweet Down
on Via D’Oro Kiss
me in your old way Kiss
me in your old way Down
beneath the law Way
down beneath the law Kiss
me in your old way Down
on Via D’Oro Light
up on sunset film Light
up on sunset film Yes
the feast of angels Is
going to fall someday Someday
Ave
little mamma Meet
me at the fountain tonight Bring
your Egyptian pistols And
blast them in the cool of the night Two
Latin leopards Moving
on the shore of the bed Wearing
French Silver Fixtures You
shake them from Your
beautiful hair Gone
forever Moving
down on ghostly Maree Yes
she’s gone forever Moving
down on ghostly Maree Then
she threw open the shutters And
said “you used to smile like you
knew something.... like
a rumrunner” She
swayed in pavane on the steps And
I kissed her on the face and said ......sometimes
you love her Ave
little mamma Make
me choose you all night Hear
the daybreak rustling Raising
a smile in the teeth of the night Ave
little mamma Run
as Sophia can Ave
little mamma Trust
in Sophia again Meet
me when mischief befalls me From
the whispering drains Two
Latin leopards Moving
on the shore of the bed Two
Latin Leopards Moving
on the shore of the bed Waving
for us mamma Waving
for the lips and the dread Ave
Latin leopard Mobile
in the whispering rain Ave
Latin leopard Mobile
in the whispering rain Mind
me when mischief befalls me From
the cruel and the vain
I
knew a girl In
her sweetheart sessions Amphetamine
blown Fogged
at dawn Who
had me several years ago Get
in the groove and let The
good times roll All
the madder fruits Of
Italian Summers Down
on moonless sands On
limitless nights In
the rush of your delight Too
honeyed to move Too
smothered in pearls Dance
little star Shine
in the sky Baby
Baby We’re
going home tonight In
Grand Hotels Grand
delusions Everybody
wants to Climb
up and down our union I
knew a girl In
her sweetheart sessions Mahogany
brown Fogged
at dawn On
the moonless sands Through
limitless nights A
streetcar travels In
confusion through the night In
Grand hotels In
grand confusion But
Baby Baby We’re
going home tonight Yes
we’re going home tonight
Night-time We
can’t lose When
we blindly tarantella Bold
enough to choose Freedom’s
angel is calling In
the winding violins In
the city night is falling Can
you let the music begin These
few dying coals Cast
the only light In
the room And
of your slender shoulders Make
gold Play
some tambourine Like
a Spartan girl Promise
me Deeper
in the lanes Promise
me Promise
not to change Kiss
me starface Across
celestial miles From
down the southern arbours Way
down the wooden aisles Play
some tambourine Little
French girl Twist
and shout Lovers
on the new bridge Yes
they call us with a shout In
sweep the swallows Vital
and sublime Through
the casino gardens Underneath
the vines Play
some freedom angel Play
for freedom Let’s
ride the streets imperious Mile
after mile after mile And
make the walls of Eden Tumble
beneath your smile Kiss
me sweetness Vital
and sublime We’ll
go down the casino gardens Play
underneath the vines And
bring your violin little French girl Play
me out of time We’ll
scale the walls of Eden We’ll
scale them every time
A
stranger perfect In
every movement In
Paris singing Your
Easter song You
seek her purring past A
phantom tender A
phantom bold Ornella
you seemed to me Bright
with impossible Light with impossible dreams
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