Formentera Lady

[Verse 1]

Houses iced in whitewash guard a pale shore-line

Cornered by the cactus and the pine

Here I wander where sweet sage and strange herbs grow

Down a crumpled sun-baked stony road

[Verse 2]

Dusty wheels leaning, rusting in the sun

Snuff brown walls where Spanish lizards run

Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan

Ringed by ants and musing over man

[Chorus]

I'll unwind my old strings while the sun shine down

Won't climb any high thing while the sun shine

Formentera Lady, sing your song for me

Formentera Lady, sun lover

[Verse 3]

Lamplight glows on old guitars the travellers strum

Incense children dance to an Indian drum

Here Odysseus charmèd for dark Circe fell

Still her perfume lingers, still her spell

[Chorus]

Time's grey hand won't catch me while the stars shine down

Untie and unlatch me while the stars shine

Formentera Lady, dance your dance for me

Formentera Lady, dark lover

[Instrumental Outro]