Michael Franks - Abandoned Garden (1995) by Michael Franks (보컬) on maniadb.com

See that shadow cross the mountain,
Summer in the warbler's eye,
Beauty never is forgotten, though the moment passes by,
[?????] the evening slowly dires down the light,
All the flora seems to smolther
Water-coloring into the muted pallet of the night.

Can you see how our seclusion is complete
With the summertime in bloom
And our feet side by side in the grass starring up at the sky
I assume, this must be paradise...
Tenderly now, all I need to demonstrate,
You need only ondulate,
Keeping time with the samba llke this while stars rise.
I assume, this must be paradise...

I can think of [??????]

For the joys within our reach
And if hunger overtakes us,
Open sesame! I brought with me
Banana, plum and peach

Can you see how our seclusion is complete
With the summertime in bloom
And our feet side by side in the grass starring up at the sky
I assume, this must be paradise...
Tenderly now, all I need to demonstrate,
You need only ondulate,
Keeping time with the samba llke this while stars rise.
I assume, this must be paradise...

Hourglass, remember how
I said I'd miss you?
I confess I lied:
Hourglass, I couldn't live without you
If I tried, which I
Do not intend to ever try
My Hourglass, your sensual geography
I live just to explore
Your present, past, and future incarnations
I adore
The more
We love the more I know we loved before
Luck of such magnitude fills me with gratitude;
Some Navigator Divine tied us together in time
Love measures Infinity minute by minute
Why, Hourglass, do you suppose my arms surround you
So existentially?
Hourglass, I know the sand that flows through you
Is me
I see
The sand that flows through you is me.

Me again, you again
Robin's egg blue again,
Eagerly notice the crocuses,
Suddenly, Spring arrives,
In the sky bluebird reconnaissance,
Phoebes dip straw in the mud-
Winter's done, hallelujah!
All the clouds ungather
And the sun shines through.

Swallowtailchrysalis
Hides in the hyacinth.
Never flowed this endlessly
Unless you include solitude's end
On that day eighteen Aprils ago
When we met, I recall how
All the clouds ungathered
And the sun shined through.

I recall how
All the clouds ungathered
And the sun shined through

And the sun shined through

When circumstance divides us,
I always close my eyes.
My thoughts retrace the image of your face:
Somehow our love survives.
Now we're in our prime
and it's Once Upon a Time...
Paper lanterns in the trees.
The photograph is framed
But the feeling's still the same:
I'm there for you
and you're always there for me.
After the hero stumbles,
After the lady cries,
After the fortress tumbles,
Somehow our love survives.
Each time we touch each other
the chemistry revives;
Each kiss contains an energy exchange:
Somehow our love survives.
Now we're in our prime
and it's Once Upon a Time...
Paper lanterns in the trees.
The photograph is framed
But the feeling's still the same:
I'm there for you
and you're always there for me.
After the hero stumbles,
After the lady cries,
After the fortress tumbles,
Somehow our love survives.

Now we're in our prime
and it's Once Upon a Time...
Paper lanterns in the trees.
The photograph is framed
But the feeling's still the same:
I'm there for you
and you're always there for me.
After the hero stumbles,
After the lady cries,
After the fortress tumbles,
Somehow our love survives.
After the hero stumbles,
After the lady cries,
After the fortress tumbles,
Somehow our love survives.
After the hero stumbles,
After the lady cries,
After the fortress tumbles,
Somehow our love survives.

You appear on the horizon far away
My desire to be there with you stirs the wind and fills the sense
In the bay I drop the anchor down swim ashore
On the beach the coconut palms, orchids, planchoniana and you

Your silent eyes convince me I'm your own
We're safe inside this agile blue lagoon

I want to know you bird of paradise
I want to show you of the love that I feel
I need to touch you bird of paradise
I need your touch to make this fantasy real

On the sea a storm is raging far away
And the ship like so many toys fear the wind and fight the waves
In your arms it's a forgotten dream, nothing more
Here the sky is perfectly clear, evening star the moonlight and you

Your silent eyes convince me I'm your own
We're safe inside this agile blue lagoon

I want to know you bird of paradise
I want to show you of the love that I feel
I need to touch you bird of paradise
I need your touch to make this fantasy real

Just you and me [Incomprehensible] of dreams
The bare necessities of love
My bird of paradise, I realize
But you were sent here from above
You're my bird of paradise
My bird of paradise

Just you and me [Incomprehensible] of dreams
The bare necessities of love
My bird of paradise, I realize
But you were sent here from above
You're my bird of paradise
My bird of paradise

In your abandoned garden, sunlight still prevails:
The jasmine climbs the trellis fragrantly, the
jacaranda ultravioletly sways.
The blossom. each of them by your hand planted,
Will, even if I tell them of your sudden
Disappearance from us,
Not believe the tale.

Though the samba has ended, I know in the sound
Of your voice, your piano, your flute, you are found,
And the music within you continues to flow
Sadly, lost Antonio.

You were my inspiration, my hero, my friend;
On the highway of time will I meet you again?
If the heart ever heals, does the scar always show
For the lost Antonio?
For the lost Antonio?

In your abandoned garden, beauty is unchanged:
The hummingbird still hovers for the scent the
frangipane so seductively displays.
Camellias, each of them by your hand planted,
The sadness of your sudden disappearance still
unknown to them,
Await the kiss of rain.

Though the samba has ended, I know in the sound
Of your voice, your piano, your flute, you are found,
And the music within you continues to flow
Sadly, lost Antonio.

You were my inspiration, my hero, my friend;
On the highway of time will I meet you again?
If the heart ever heals, does the scar always show
For the lost Antonio?
For the lost Antonio?