charming in green

the nude on the bed
she stayed covered in red.
her landscape of sighs framing my window,
i looked for the gold at the end of her rainbow:
and i'd like another romp at home
with the lady wrestler on my mat.
i had dinner with her the night before:
we couldn't leave it at that.
she dressed charmingly in green:
her smile in candlelight could always be seen.

and, oh
flying off course i danced with a clown
from out of the circus he joined me in town
one time early morning after the war.
we drank to an idea that became a trap door;
locked and loaded i kept looking for more.

and, oh
i asked a gentle man for his Biblical crown
and in his confusion he shot me a frown.
we rode the night train to the end of the track,
arriving in time to take it all the way back.

and, oh
the nude on the bed
she stayed covered in red.
her landscape of sighs framing my window,
i looked for the gold at the end of her rainbow:

and oh,
shaken awake by a violent wind,
an old ghost suggested i might have been pinned.
i was subdued when he came my way,
waiting to hear what more he would say

and i'd like another romp at home
with the lady wrestler on my mat.
i had dinner with her the night before:
we couldn't leave it at that.
she dressed charmingly in green:
her smile in candlelight could always be seen.