Lyrics

Running water
Behind the hedge
Of a neatly columned
Light blue cottage
Succulent fingers
Succulent knees
50 foot towers
Are palm trees

Planes departing
And arriving
Spot the sky
Like stars out driving

An old man says
with passing eyes
"All the beauty
In time it dies"
I turn on my stair
And cry my cause
"It's a beautiful night"
He turns to pause

Planes departing
And arriving
Spot the sky
Like stars out driving
Stars out driving

He points skyward
Shrugs and turns
Bird of paradise
In orange and purple burns
A cactus shows me
His gruesome spines
And beauty, I suppose
Tonight it's just mine

Planes departing
And arriving
Spot the sky
Like stars out driving
Stars out driving

(c) 2008 annie bacon