Vagabond Opera - Red Balloon
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The other night i had a dream
you came to me or so seemed,
on a vessel of hot air gleaming red.
An impetus upon the wing,
you offered me a golden ring
and so I left my dreams within the bed

I jumped aboard with nightcap on,
the moon was up, the curtains drawn -
we rose into the silver dusty glow
The whistle spoke above the cloak
of factories that billowed smoke
over the city of Bordeaux

Oh, the captain and the ballast boy
played a waltz on clocks and toys,
we set our sights for glory, and the sea
We fired the gas, and soon we passed,
painted ships all made of brass
who sailed in orbit astro-logically

You promised me a lullabye,
and we built castles in the sky,
fashioned from the flowers that we grew
And then the wind's song was strange
and we both knew that things would change
and so you left me floating in the blue

Oh winds, carry me, carry me, far away
until another day,
Until another june
I'll be floating in the dark
Whispering like a lark
on this gadabout balloon

Carry me, carry me, far away
until another day,
Until another june
I'll be floating in the dark
Whispering like a lark
on this gadabout balloon

Two lovers, foating in the atmosphere
And I will always be your faithful cavalier
Oh, and just like tales of d'Arlandes and Rozier
Oh may we float among the stars, I, your valiant gondolier

The other night I had a dream
you came to me-or so it seemed-
on a zepplin made of crystal, made of glass
Upon a steam calliope
you sat and played a song for me,
a shanti from a vagrant midnight mass

Oh we puffed a pipe of turkish moss
and set course for the albatross,
a sea of silver prophets on the wing
And through the captain's telescope,
you gazed and blew a ring of smoke,
and then we bade farewell unto the spring

Oh, you were like a dusty rose,
an arrow shot from heaven's bow,
a chanson, ever haunting to my ear
Oh and for better or for worse,
we knew this was the final verse,
an ode to times soon to disappear

Oh, the anchor man was ill-content
and sang a song, a sweet lament,
while I flipped pennies to the sky
and bade farewell to you my love,
this stormy romance up above,
a tale sure to electrify

Oh winds, carry me, carry me, far away
until another day,
Until another june
I'll be floating in the dark
Whispering like a lark
on this gadabout balloon

Carry me, carry me, far away
until another day,
Until another june
I'll be floating in the dark
Whispering like a lark
on this gadabout balloon

Carry me, carry me, far away
until another day,
Until another june
I'll be floating in the dark
Whispering like a lark
on this gadabout balloon

Carry me, carry me, far away
until another day,
Until another june
I'll be floating in the dark
Whispering like a lark
on this gadabout balloon