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G G7onF／ConE CmonE♭／G G7onF／ConE CmonE♭
You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever,
But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun.
G G7onF／ConE CmonE♭／G G7onF／ConE CmonE♭
And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids,
And you touch the distant beaches 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.
And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise,
And her footprints make you follow 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 fishes run laughing through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the river.
G G7onF／ConE CmonE♭／G G7onF／ConE CmonE♭
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 fishes run laughing through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter.
G G7onF／ConE CmonE♭／G G7onF／ConE CmonE♭
G B♭／C E♭ F／G G7onF／ConE CmonE♭
G G7onF／ConE CmonE♭／G G7onF／ConE CmonE♭
G G7onF／ConE CmonE♭／G G7onF／ConE CmonE♭
