me heart this song...

I met a woman from another time,
I couldn’t think but a drink from her eyes
was like water to wine.
she whet my dreams with her distinctive mind
I searched the desert for a treasure and a measure
of a life denied.
I’m driven by cars and guitars and her voice
ripping up and down my spine.
and now I’ve given my life for her side
to be mine.
and in her presence
my fate unwinds, for when her essence
draws me too near,
I can taste her with tears on my tongue,
like the sun in my mouth.

I met a man who kicked my front door down
he blew in with the Santa Ana winds
and a half cocked howl.
he fit my body like a one-horsed town
and I was drunk like a vagabond on his street
and I lay face down,
and I rode his joy like a child on a merry-go-round.
I was in his eyes, I was sweet on his thighs,
I was profound.
I was shot like a free bird in flight,
to the ground.

I woke this morning from a deadly dream;
he was my lover, he was my killer, he was my
chocolate covered filler,
he was me.
I’m built to run, my will is to deceive,
but you penetrate severely,
I am walking insecurely
on my knees.
And I will wade through
winter, spring and summer
if you fall in love with me.
I will dance so slowly,
you will hardly know I breathe.
From Rome, to Madrid, to Paris.
On the breeze, my scent will find you.
Lost by degrees, from time to time you’ll
sing with my lips on my hands on your hips
on my tongue like the sun in your mouth.


--- Sophie B. Hawkins