Pianos and Clocks

[Verse 1] Well, hello there, sweet to see you Like your colour, how you doin'? I've been battered and bewildered In the beauty of your ruins Flash, flash and I am blinded By the fact that you've been born Feels like fiction Life goes on Brown eyes are gone [Verse 2] Silence is a virtue I was taught so I agreed Conversation half forgotten Is the hole I hold in me And all our language and expression Is decimated by decree The sound of song Dies in the dawn Brown eyes are gone [Bridge] Descended slowly on the steps of the cathedral Where I kissed you Remembered candles lit with meaning I imposed But that escaped you With your brown eyes and your blue jeans I heard the chiming of the clocks Kick out the shifting, shuffling rhythm of your docs [Verse 3] Hit the road with my compadre Saw the city incomplete We were tossed and torn and tumbled In your famous foreign streets I felt so fearless and forgotten No one numbered nothing neat The sun has shone We still belong Brown eyes are gone [Verse 4] So farewell then, señorita Pianos played and set the tone I was singin' like a servant To the tune of telephones I wish you freedom and forgiveness And a time that is your own Blue is the colour Mine's the moment Brown eyes are gone Blue is the colour Mine's the moment Brown eyes are gone