LILAC WINE (James Shelton/Nina Simone)

   

    

I lost myself on a cool damp night

I gave myself in that misty light

Was hypnotized by a strange delight

Under a lilac tree

I made wine from the lilac tree

Put my heart in its recipe

It makes me see what I want to see

be what I want to be

When I think more than I want to think

I do things I never should do

I drink much more than I ought to drink

Because it brings me back you...

               

Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love

Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love

Listen to me... I cannot see clearly

Isn't that he* coming to me nearly here?

Lilac wine is sweet and heady, where's my love?

Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, where's my love?

Listen to me, why is everything so hazy?

Isn't that he, or am I going crazy, dear?

Lilac Wine, I feel unready for my love,

feel unready for my love.

           

"Lilac Wine" (1950), letra de James Shelton,

* na versão de Nina Simone para o album Wild Is The Wind (1966).

    

    

    

[Post original: http://comunidade.sol.pt/blogs/josecarreiro/archive/2011/02/04/LilacWine.aspx]