Ashes & Fire

[Verse 1]

As he stared past the fire

His hunger to leave, well it gnawed his poor heart alive

Her skin smelled like black cherry blossom perfume

The sailboats they all sailed by and a river she cried

[Verse 2]

And the wind was suddenly sweeter than Roosevelt pie

The windows broke out and the cigarette smoke drifted by

The bums on the Bowery, they were swallowed in the lights

As cars rumbled by in the night screamin' "run for your life"

[Chorus]

With cool and silvery eyes

And a heart that was fit for desire

Drown in a river of tears, oh a river she cried

Left her with her heart made of ashes and fire

[Electric Guitar Break]

[Verse 3]

One day there was a silence and it washed through the town

There was no reason to speak and no one made a sound

Her eyes were indigo and the cats were all calico

And the sailboats they all sailed by and a river, she cried

[Chorus]

With cool and silvery eyes

And a heart, it was fit for desire

Drown in a river of tears, oh a river she cried

Left her with a heart made of ashes and fire

[Outro]

Ashes and fire

Ashes and fire

Ashes and fire