Lyrics

with my little blue beret
and my rotten school boy face
kept you sandals and secrets safe
in the box by the sea
in the box by the sea

I was a movie star
back in the big big years
she was a choir girl from Nice
and even back then I knew
her angel pear oil sweet perfume
would linger with the years and all the details

like the time you thought you had to kiss that baby
and cross the tides with Bernice
then there's the time you thought you saw and angel's face
inside ther glass tambouring

I was a juju star
back in the Dairo years
she wa s the dove of flower city
she was the crack up girl
her pastry dress and cow hair curls
a perfect oragami moon cradling the sea