C C7onB♭/FonA FmonG#/C C7onB♭/FonA FmonG#
You thought the leaden winter w ould bring you down forever,
But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun.
C C7onB♭/FonA FmonG#/C C7onB♭/FonA FmonG#
And the colors of the sea b lind your eyes with trembling mermaids,
And you touch the distant beach es with tales of brave Ulysses:
How his naked ears were t ortured by the sirens sweetly singing,
For the sparkling waves are c alling you to kiss their white laced lips.
An d you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise,
And her footprints make you follo w where the sky loves the sea.
And when your fingers f ind her, she drowns you in her body,
Carving deep blue r ipples in the tissues of your mind.
The tiny purple fishe s run laughing through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the river.
C C7onB♭/FonA FmonG#/C C7onB♭/FonA FmonG#
Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell,
And you know you cannot l eave her for you touched the distant sands
With tales of brave Uly sses; how his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly si nging.
D D7onC/GonB GmonB♭/D D7onC/GonB GmonB♭
The tiny purple fishe s run laughing through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to t he hard land of the winter.
C C7onB♭/FonA FmonG#/C C7onB♭/FonA FmonG#
C E♭/F G# B♭/C C7onB♭/FonA FmonG#
C C7onB♭/FonA FmonG#/C C7onB♭/FonA FmonG#
C C7onB♭/FonA FmonG#/C C7onB♭/FonA FmonG#























