Lyrics

AMSTERDAM
Words& Music; Jackie Carlyle

WE DROVE THAT PAINT CHIPPED RUN DOWN VAN
THROUGH THE RED LIGHT STREETS OF AMSTERDAM
HIGH ON YOUTH LOW ON CASH
LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO CRASH
AND THE BARS THAT SOLD THAT LEGAL GRASS

TWO YOUNG DOPES SMOKING DOPE
LAUGHING AS WE TOOK A TOKE
WATCHED THE WATER WATCHED THE BOATS
AND TALKED ABOUT VAN GOGH
TALKED ABOUT VAN GOGH

HAD SOME CHOCOLATE HAD SOME BEER
QUOTED LINES FROM WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
TALKED ABOUT JOHAN VERMEER
AND VINCENT'S BLOODY EAR

ONCE WE GOT TO ARLES, FRANCE
THE SUN SHONE SOFT THROUGH FILTERED GLASS
DUSK TWIRLED THROUGH A PURPLE SKY
THEN SWIRLED INTO A STARRY NIGHT
A STARRY STARRY NIGHT

THE AIR SMELLED SWEET LIKE HYACINTH
WE FELL ASLEEP FROM TOO MUCH ABSINTHE
WOKE UP TO A FRACTURED LIGHT SHOW
A HEADACHE PLAYED IN STEREO,
A MIGRAINE PAINTED LIKE PICASSO

HAD SOME CHOCOLATE HAD SOME BEER
TALKED ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE
PRESIDENTS AND PUPPETEERS
AND CLASSES WE WOULD TAKE NEXT YEAR

I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO BRILLIANT
NOT BEFORE OR AFTER THAT
I WAS YOUNG AND SO RESILIENT
NOW I'M OLD AND GETTING FAT

I CANNOT MAKE ONE BEST FRIEND
YOU DISAGREE THE FRIENDSHIP ENDS
NOTHING LASTS LONG THESE DAYS
WE JUST GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS

© 2006 jc. wwm pub, BMI