songs under my skin #3

Sights and Sounds pull me back down another year.

I WAS HERE. I WAS HERE.

Whipping past the reflecting pool me + you skipping school.

And we make it up as we go along. We make it up as we go along.

You said you raced from Langley pulling me underneath a Cherry Blossom canopy.

Do I Have? Of course I have, beneath my raincoat.

I have your photographs.

And the sun on your Face I'm freezing that frame.

And somewhere Alfie cries and says

"Enjoy his every smile You can see in the dark

Through the eyes of Laura Mars"

How did it go so fast, you'll say as we are looking back

and then we'll understand we held

gold dust in our hands.

Sights and Sounds pull me back down another year.

I WAS HERE I WAS HERE

Gaslights Glow in the street (flickering past)

Twilight held us in her palm as we walked along

And we make it up as we go along

We make it up as we go along

Letting names Hang in the air

What color hair (auburn crimson)

Autumn knowingly Stared And the day that She came

I'm freezing that Frame I'm freezing that frame

And somewhere Alfie smiles and says

"Enjoy her every cry You can see in the dark

Through the eyes Of Laura Mars"

How did it go so fast, you'll say as we are looking back
and then we'll understand we held
gold dust in our hands.

In our hands.

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gold dust

Tori Amos