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Sweet Deceit |
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The pursuit of an orchidFollowed
you one night From
the Glasgow School of Art We
took a night train to Paris entranced We
took a room off the Rue Royale I
played you some tunes you seemed to like rather well I
needed to believe in you I
needed to believe in myself I
needed to believe in love You
wore a Delphos gown Made
a sensual parade I
swam around at your feet like some spilt lemonade By
the window in the half-light I
unbuttoned your dress Drank
the sweet honey of your lips Felt
your sweet caress Later
on in the nighttime On
the glistening street I
put you in a taxi Kissed
your cheek Someday
I might forget myself Yes
one day I might forget myself but I
could never forget forget the softness of your cheek Do
I believe in you Do
I believe in myself I
don’t know but I believe in love
Your
cat is called Rangoon Last
night he played me a wee tune He
sang he loved you more than I do I
told him that couldn’t possibly be true My
cat I called him Mac Like
me he only wants to win you back I
told him love is endless pain But
then in love we have so much to gain I
knew that night was falling It
was without hope now That
I tried to carry on To
carry on What
is that sonic beauty? Why
it’s the 20th century exposed By
a brass doorbell Why
with such beauty She
could carry The
summer breeze On
her sleeves!
You
new my dreams Knew
my little wing Knew
she made me sing ‘Til
I caught a fever Could
you make me see Maybe
bring it back to me Could
I just see her Hey
there can you end this fever? Maybe
bring it all back Maybe
bring it all back Had
a bellyful of fever Oh
yeah Drifting
down Drifting
down Can
you feel it? Can
you feel it? Had
a bellyful of fever Drifting
down Still
feel it Still
feel it Tell
me now can’t you feel it? Can
you feel it? Couldn’t
be nobody Couldn’t
be nobody no more And
still feel it With
a bellyful of fever Well
that’s a doze of memory fever Just
your memory fever Just
a memory Better
bring it all back Bonny
bring it all back
I
was thoroughly Corroded
with chocolate Catching
myself gazing Longingly
and adoringly At
you I
didn’t feel so bad Considering
I’d renounced everything But
I felt my soul tinged Every
imaginable shade of blue As
you drew a face on the fire surround Your
exquisite untrammelled lashes Fluttered
upwards Towards
me Your
face was lit up By
the pale lemon That
was the failing sun For
a few delicious seconds I
held your gaze Maybe
I was the one With
the essence of you Running
through my veins Making
life so rich It
made anything seem possible Where
nothing exists except love.....
There’s
a fragrance in this room Like
something wafted up from an oleander Scented
pool It
carries the bliss of a half-remembered kiss And
a vision of wild swans and The
jazz kittens at Coole Makes
me recall thrusting through A
darkened dance hall “I
want you now if you want me at all” I
asked myself why my heart was Beating
so Swelling
and bobbing as I mounted Your
stairs Now
beauty fades Dishevelled
and deranged But
the fragrance remains I
was deranged and derealised By
your dark sweet ice I
inhale you Hold
on for you How
I long for you You
must have felt adored You
were adored by me Makes
me recall Thrusting
through A
darkened dance hall And
feel the bliss Of
a half-remembered kiss Baby
I’m 19 and I’m crazy about you I’m
crazy about you I’m
crazed I’m
19 and I’m crazy about you I’m
crazy about you is that so strange? Crushed
by the crush Rushed
by the rush Bound
and tied By
your dark sweet eyes How
I dissolved Revolved
and evolved I
was deranged and derealised You
were cute But
I was resolute And
hip! I’m
19 and I’m crazy about you I’m
crazy about you I’m
crazed I’m
19 and I’m crazy about you I’m
crazy about you Yes
I am There’s
a phantom In
this room now Somehow
conjured up From
the hotel Swimming
pool She
carries the bliss Of
a half-remembered kiss And
a vision of wild swans And
the jazz kittens at Coole Baby
I’m 19 And
I’m fuckin crazy about you So
crazy about you I’m
crazy I’m crazy I’m crazy
“Is
not an absence for those who love The
most certain The
most effective The
deepest-rooted The
least destructible of presences” I
got all fuelled up By
a sense so addictive I
was entwined I
was trapped And
unwrapped Hey
I’m under your spell You
saw me fall Before
I fell I’m
under your spell You
know full well Your
freedom was calling Your
freedom was calling Yeah
freedom was calling You
not me Your
freedom was calling Your
freedom was calling Yeah
freedom was calling You
not me You
saw me fall Before
I fell I
was under your spell You
know full well What
you get out of love What
you get out of life Yes
I want you Perfectly
counterfeit Yes
I want you Wherever
you are You
were cute But
I was resolute And
hip I
was crushed by the crush Rushed
by the rush Bound
and tied By
your pale blue eyes
When
you sail Wherever
you sail Won’t
you get out of life Won’t
you get out of life Won’t
you get out of love What
you get out of life You
saw me fall before I fell I
was under your spell...
You
play me like a Royal Flush I
sway beneath your gentle touch Swear
I’m forever yours It
matters not that there I was But
here I am I
somehow lost my way Was
led so far astray from love Long
gone pistol crazed Long
gone shattered haze How
far you let me fall Is
not clear at all I
hesitate to touch To
touch would be too much Like
love That’s
pistol crazed
To
your sister You’re
still a baby But
love’s a weird science It
captivates If
I had to choose I
had to choose I’d
choose to get tangled up in your hair Did
you feel so right Had
you reason to feel That
the feeling was so right Are
you searching For
an exit Because
your rooms are flooded Now
I really want to hear Your
masts sway Did
you feel so right Had
you reason to feel That
the feeling was so right Good
looks and and a missing change of the lights Your
looks brought a travel mania and a dawn into my life Your
looks brought you onto a slide of gold Please
oh please will you marry me Though
I’m no textiles millionaire I
need you just the same Could
you if you would Please
let me explore a design to express my love To
get myself tangled up in your hair By
the wild ocean alone with you (Buy
the wild ocean a home for you)
Clair
de Lune Tonight
you'll make me see With
my customary glee And
kill this fever You
knew my dreams And
you knew my little wing You
knew she made me sing ‘Til
I caught a fever I
remember the fever Drifting
down I
still feel the fever Drifting
down drifting down Clair
de Lune I’m
as sick as any man could be If
you could bring her back to me Could
I just see her? You
knew my dreams You
knew my little wing You
knew she made me sing ‘Til
I caught a fever Remember
the fever....
...And
then they broke down They
were shoving and laughing Laughing
and shoving And
then the car began to roll down hill He
thrust himself in front of it He
managed to hold her still He
didn’t know where the hell he was But
he guessed it must have been Somewhere
off Crown Circus Why
is this feeling so rich? Why
is that brave orchid in your hair? Why
do I feel as though I’ll never sleep Why
do I love you so on this windswept street? I
think she was fumbling for the bonnet release And
her coat fell open and her perfume wafted into the night air She
was all ankles and legs Ankles
and legs With
her thighs moulding her skirt it was too much He
fell to his knees laughing He
felt giddy at this height In
a white heat All
life all Gods All
the seas and the stars I
see in your face Why
is this feeling so rich? Why
is that brave orchid in your hair? Why
do I feel as though I’ll never sleep After
the pandemonium in this godforsaken street They
climbed to her apartment on the top floor He
pulled her hair back from her face He
had to ask himself why Are
you so scared to fall from grace Why
must life be so full So
rich and so ripe With
a heady heady fragrance A
beautiful poison called love? But
I want you to remember me As
a boy of nineteen Who
loved your blue eyes Who
love you madly
In
your alligator shoes It
will be your salvation If
I could be those shoes It
would be a revelation Something
in the blue Of
your eyes Leaves
me perpetually adoring you If
I could be those shoes And
see you when the time comes See
when the time goes home If
I could be those shoes And
always walking with you And
sway towards a swamp Ask
me why I loved you There’s
something in the blue Of
your eyes Leaves
me Sometimes Perpetually
adoring you
By
sweetly smiling I
won’t appear to be Shunning
you Which
I don’t want to do But
I must I
was crushed Driven
by romantic dreams Fuelled
by nervous friction Really
quite smitten...
Last
night Amidst
the chorus calls I
heard your name Rise
to meet me It
wasn’t just a case of first night nerves Undeterred
we spoke sweetly as
any other young lovers might do Just
like a dream Maybe
it was a dream Love’s
young one come true Where
the honeysuckle rose to meet me You
wore a blossom divine Your
words stirred the night so sweetly Said
your love was forever mine An
everlasting kiss all the way All
the way So
full of bliss was the kiss Of
my angel my only one Behold
a wreck Do
you want a whistling boy to return? To
sail across to your island Where
the stars shine so bright Let
us this last time get cut off by the evening tide Let
us this last time side by side Where
the honeysuckle rose to meet me You
wore a blossom divine Your
words stirred the night so sweetly Said
your love was forever mine An
everlasting kiss all the way All
the way So
full of bliss was the kiss Of
my angel my only one Blown
as blossom All
my foolish dreams In
a blonde dirt desert May
expire To
see a play of moonlight on
your face As
if I didn't know that As
if I didn’t know my own fate Everlasting
kiss All
the way All
the way
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