Story Behind The Song

Written a very long time ago. It deals with a complete prat who couldn?t recognise a good thing if it sprang out and mugged him in reverse ? happened in my early twenties in Sardinia

Lyrics

do you remember her china white face
and the dark red flowers in her hair?
did you never see her go from place to place
watching to see if you'd be there
did you ever say, did you ever say i love you
or how are you today
or hello here i am
i've come back again to stay?

was it hard to reconcile her loveliness with yours
those days when she was just a prayer?
did you badly long for her during our applause
or like each of us did you never dare?
was her blood, was her blood too rich for you
her silver chains too bright?
perhaps you never saw
her fires burning in the night

did you look for clues, did you ever look at all?
did the white sun take your sight away
out of reach for us, she waited for your call
but you were blind to her cabaret
you'll never, you'll never see her like again
at least not within your reach
no matter how full the moon
or how white the midnight beach

oh for goodness sake open up your eyes
she was lovelier than you'll ever know
is it conceivable you didn't realise
how close you were with her first hello
there we were - there we were watching in disbelief
there you were a blind man in the dark
watched by a woman of all our dreams
looking for the tinder to take her spark
looking for the tinder to take her spark