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Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp Lyrics
Market in the cool white morning
merchants sell as ladies buy
milk, tobacco, soap, and matches
Sweep the floor while the dishes dry
spring whispered in her ear
like soft Mediterranean wailin’
Sleepy woman by the window
dreaming in the morning air
of the man who takes her sweetness
by a Chinese lamp upstairs
The steam of China tea
You could hear the woman sing
in the soft flames of spring
Spring has swept the scarlet sidestreets
winds caress, undress, invite
Upstairs by a Chinese lamp
they softly talk in the cool spring night
merchants sell as ladies buy
milk, tobacco, soap, and matches
Sweep the floor while the dishes dry
like soft Mediterranean wailin’
dreaming in the morning air
of the man who takes her sweetness
by a Chinese lamp upstairs
You could hear the woman sing
in the soft flames of spring
winds caress, undress, invite
Upstairs by a Chinese lamp
they softly talk in the cool spring night
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ah this song is so pretty, beautiful lyrics too. don't kill me, but on this song she's got a rather limited vocal range...it's like high, and higher.
It's true that her vocal range is limited in this song. I kind of like it. She doesn't have to go all over the scale in every song! It's great!