Lyrics

DARK EYED MADONNA Words & Music Chris Smith © Chris Smith
12 January 2005

I SAT IN THE CARRIAGE AND DRIFTED AWAY
BUT WOKE WITH A START IN A WHILE

A DARK EYED MADONNA WAS SMILING AT ME
FROM THE SHADOWS THAT SIDE OF THE AISLE

SHE SAT DOWN BESIDE ME AND GAVE ME HER NUMBER
MY VOICE SOUNDED SO FAR AWAY

WHEN I SAID I AM TAKEN MY WOMAN?S AWAY
BUT SHE?S ALL THAT I NEED IN MY LIFE

SHE SAID WHY WAIT TILL TOMORROW, CALL ME LATER TODAY
IF THE STARS ARE ALIGNED AND YOU?VE GOT HALF A MIND
WE CAN MEET WHILE YOUR WOMAN?S AWAY

THE CARRIAGE GREW DARKER TURNED INTO A FANTASY
AS REALITY FADED AWAY

IN A PASTURE BEYOND PEOPLE DANCED IN A POND
AS A GYPSY BAND STARTED TO PLAY

A WHITE SUITED WAITER WAS POURING CHAMPAGNE
AND HE OFFERED A GLASS TO MY LIPS

THE DARK EYED MADONNA WAS DANCING THE TANGO
THE MUSIC KEPT TIME WITH HER HIPS

SHE SAID WHY WAIT TILL TOMORROW, CALL ME LATER TODAY
IF THE STARS ARE ALIGNED AND YOU?VE GOT HALF A MIND
WE CAN MEET WHILE YOUR WOMAN?S AWAY

I WOKE WITH A START AND THE CARRIAGE WAS EMPTY
THE DARK EYED MADONNA WAS GONE

BUT THE SCENT OF HER BEING STILL HUNG IN THE AIR
AND THE SMELL OF THE PERFUME SHE?D WORN

THE VISION HAD FADED THE CARRIAGE WAS QUIET
THE SOUND OF THE BAND LEFT BEHIND

ON THE WINDOW IN LIPSTICK WAS WRITTEN A NUMBER
AND THOSE WORDS THAT WENT ROUND IN MY MIND

THEY SAID WHY WAIT TILL TOMORROW, CALL ME LATER TODAY
IF THE STARS ARE ALIGNED AND YOU?VE GOT HALF A MIND
WE CAN MEET WHILE YOUR WOMAN?S AWAY