The Bridge

[Verse 1] I've watched her from the river banks I knew her when she danced with dreams White doves were there to dress her hair And so was Madelaine [Verse 2] At night, the people's faces danced Like pearls colliding on the breast Of fat Marie whose thunder laugh Was just a thread from crying [Verse 3] Her sailors stained her cobblestones With wine and piss and death desire And sometimes blood for Madelaine Whose laughter was the night [Bridge] Her girls would lift their dresses high And breathe the stars and kiss the sky She'd smother them with whispers then Embrace them with her sighs [Verse 4] Before the bottle dulled my eyes And made me so I couldn't stand I'd overact and play the clown When Madelaine would cry [Outro] And now I watch from riverbanks I watch it weave its memories White doves turned gray and flew away And so did Madelaine