I painted a portrait of you
and kissed your lips
before the paint was dry
We met at a party,
I said: "Can I see you?"
She said: "You can e-mail."
And so when I e-mailed
I said: "Can I see you?"
And she said: "I'm sorry."
After a thousand years had passed
I thought I'd found a girl at last,
A thousand more will pass, it's true,
Before I find a girl like you.
Although we never even started
Here we are, already parted:
Because I mustn't say I love you
May guardian angels fly above you.
Up and Down and Out
She even used to let me date her,
My hopes rose like an elevator,
But now they're buried in the basement:
I think I need a heart replacement.
In their shells like nascent pearls
Growing in-to-morrow's girls:
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Tell them I will love them all.
They say love will come along
If you sing a happy song
But it's not a happy day
So I don't care what they say.
Lady in that boat of death,
Face as frozen as your breath,
Are you the one that time forgot,
Ghostly Lady of Shalott?
She is earth, she is water,
She is everybody's daughter,
She is air, she is fire,
She is everyone's desire.