A Gift of Roses Lyrics

Stormy-eyed on the edge of dawn: nose pressed against the triple glaze. Floor to ceiling, wall to wall, silent traffic streams both ways. Along the fussy freeway drivers dream...Read Full Lyrics

Hand in the snake pit, black mamba chase. Head through the lion's cage, head on a plate. Two feet on the hot coals, last dance at the ball. Blindfold on the tightrope, whenever ...Read Full Lyrics

It's a wide world out there So much wider than imagined I can't quite put my finger on the pulse Of your heart softly beating Just beneath the raw silk sheen That reflects the...Read Full Lyrics

As one, wet merchants turn their eyes towards the west. Trade winds falter as if in dire consequence. Freezing fish to fry, fail to materialize. Christ-child, blood-warm current...Read Full Lyrics

Placing people in their dreamscape with fantasies of foreign fields Lofty spires all well appointed In off-season special deals. To far Alaska: down to Rio in the Carnival Nor...Read Full Lyrics

Hot mango flush. Ladies with ice cream hair Gyroscopic pink neon beams Everybody's happy about something. The crowd moves like a flock of starlings: They switch direction as on...Read Full Lyrics

Kilometers from nowhere on a scented avenue Lined with poppy girls. I didn't stop, stop to say hello. Curious vendors - waving bric-a-brac Looked me over Thought it best, best...Read Full Lyrics

I review my past through wicked windows Framed in silver And hung in toughened glass, upon my face, Around and over. Now and then: memories of men who loved me. No stolen kiss...Read Full Lyrics

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Rusted and ropy. Dog-eared old copy. Vintage and classic, Or just plain Jurassic: All words to describe me. Relaxed in the knowledge That happily present Are all things to s...Read Full Lyrics