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Last night I dreamed that I was dreaming of you
And from a window across the lawn I watched you undress
Wearing your sunset of purple tightly woven around your hair
That rose in strangled ebony curls
Moving in a yellow bedroom light
The air is wet with sound
The faraway yelping of a wounded dog
And the ground is drinking a slow faucet leak
Your house is so soft and fading as it soaks the black summer heat
A light goes on and the door opens
And a yellow cat runs out on the stream of hall light and into the yard
A wooden cherry scent is faintly breathing the air
I hear your champagne laugh
You wear two lavender orchids
One in your hair and one on your hip
A string of yellow carnival lights comes on with the dusk
Circling the lake with a slowly dipping halo
And I hear a banjo tango
And you dance into the shadow of a black poplar tree
And I watched you as you disappeared
I watched you as you disappeared
I watched you as you disappeared
I watched you as you disappeared
And from a window across the lawn I watched you undress
Wearing your sunset of purple tightly woven around your hair
That rose in strangled ebony curls
Moving in a yellow bedroom light
The air is wet with sound
The faraway yelping of a wounded dog
And the ground is drinking a slow faucet leak
Your house is so soft and fading as it soaks the black summer heat
A light goes on and the door opens
And a yellow cat runs out on the stream of hall light and into the yard
I hear your champagne laugh
You wear two lavender orchids
One in your hair and one on your hip
A string of yellow carnival lights comes on with the dusk
Circling the lake with a slowly dipping halo
And I hear a banjo tango
And I watched you as you disappeared
I watched you as you disappeared
I watched you as you disappeared
I watched you as you disappeared
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i can't believe no-one has commented on this song... the imagery is just amazing, you really do feel like you can see what he's describing. the use of sensual imagery is ace, " wooden cherry scent is faintly breathing the air.." "The air is wet with sound" ... need i say more? the lyrics are so poetic i could go on and on about this track, but i shan't just...wow :D
Agreed. 99% of people who try to write something like this come off melodramatic and purple, but somehow Tom Waits is able to hit just the right spot for it to be magic.
"your champagne laugh..."
one of the most beautiful descriptions i've come across. he is truly a poet as much as he is a song-writer. his voice gives this song it's power though- the way he purrs the line, "one in your hair and one on your hip" does as much for the atmosphere as the alliteration does.
gorgeous!
One of the most erotic songs ever written.
this is an example of tom wait's impeccable ability to astound me with his poetry
Absolutely amazing and poetic. You can see the true romance in the words of Tom Waits through this song.
This was the song that got me into Tom Waits. He doesn't talk, he purrs.
This song is so beautiful, I can't even describe how much I love it.
*Don't you understand?!? - It's his VOICE!!