Marlene

The ghost of her hair floats over there
And the smile, the smile, it seemed so lonely
She gave me her hand as I struck up the band
And she seemed to say, she seemed to say ' youre the only
And we danced like two snowflakes
In the falling wind, in the wind
And do me a favor God
Wont you let Marlene come in
The gymnasium floor, the price -bound door
The jungle bird, the jungle bird that you showed me
Her love was so clean, to tell the truth, Marlene
The sound of your tambourine still owns me
We were so young then,
Now that Im old I know, oh I know
I loved you right then
I would have made Marlene let go
My friends in the bars, hell they only see the scars
And they do not give a damn, they do not give a damn
That I loved you
I dont know why, but once youve seen the sky
You think you know all birds are lovely
But theres snow on the ground in Woodstock tonight
Its 22 years dear, since I saw the light
The world it explodes, as such a high powered load
To run, to run, to run, was all they left me
Up here there's breeze, high in the clouds were free
To fly, to fly away, was the lesson
And though the fire had burned her life out, it left me little more
I am a crippled singer, and it evens up the score
The ghost of her hair floats over there
And the smile, the smile it seems, seems so lonely
She gave me her hand as I struck up the band
And she seemed to say, she seemed to say 'youre the only
And there we danced like two snowflakes
In the falling wind, in the wind
And do me a favor God, wont you let Marlene come in
Do me a favor God, wont you let Marlene come in