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1. SHE
Kiss me
Breathe me
Run
I'd choose your chest over wine
Any day. Your name is always
A body oil pouring over my skin
Drench me in your room
Is it any wonder
That virgins beg for you?
Look at me
Who do you think I love?
Yes, I'm black
Because the sun has caught me
In its sites
My mother's children
Are angry with me
Am I just another face among the
Women you have known?
Or will I eat and sleep with you?
2. HE
Listen to me
If you don't know already I want you
Go with them
I told you before
Why should I repeat everything I said?
Go with them
Go with them
3. SHE
I filled your kitchen table with flowers
Picked with the dew clinging to them. Look at them
Lovely crocuses with pink petals
Opening to the light
And big, glossy leaves
Rising and turning
Smell them, won't you please?
I arranged them myself
Yes, I believe I've reason
Enough to be proud
But you didn't notice them
I should have realized that
Men have no appreciation
For lovely flowers in the way
That women do
Oh! The air is hot and dry in here
Let me open the window
To let the wind blow through
That's better
The hills are rolling gently
In their yellow, bright grasses
The branches in the orchards
Remind me of your arms
So what am I saying?
I'd wanted everything to be right for you
But look at it now
I feel like such a mess
4. HE
I've been cruel
Please don't cry
Look
Don't cry now, darling
You're my beautiful lover
Look at me
Look in my face
My eyes. You'll see
What you really are there
See?
Dry your eyes, my beauty
I saw the flowers
That's no lie
I wanted to, I want to
Thank you for them
You haven't done anything wrong
I'm the one to blame where blame is due
I was insensitive
I was a fool
Not to share my thoughts
When I had been gone and missed
I had a lot on my mind
But didn't know how to put it
Into words
Take my hand, lover
Let me dry those tears up
No
You don't have to cry anymore
Not anymore
Lay down with me
Let me caress you to sleep
Our bed is green
Look up
The ceiling is mahogany, and the rafters are fir
They're yours, too, you know
--Carol Tarlen and David Joseph
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