In your little China dress That’s how I loved you best With a tulip to your chest In the silk and satin pressed With a left shoe on my right And my tongue was tangled tight The strain of it went light As you grinned in your delight Sayin’ come on, come on, come on breath The night air off my sleeve Though the armies all had died And the cavalry wouldn’t ride The who*es became the brides The night St Augustine died
And you said come on, come on, come on breath The night air off my sleeve When no one mans the sails And the search for youth has failed When my coffin is all but nailed The words that will prevail Are you and come on, come on, come on breath The night air off my sleeve Come on, come on, come on breath The night air off my sleeve Come on, come on, come on breath The night air off my sleeve