I was wandering through the streets of the city
Rambling through the avenues of time
When from nowhere my eyes fell on to a girl
And by chance her eyes fell on to mine
So I sat and I acted all nonchalant
She smoked her lavender cigarette
Reading the future that lay in my hands
My shadow played a bass clarinet
(Where you going with this Bret?)
We waltzed down a moonlit boulevard
Just two silhouettes in the mist
(Ah yes?)
Days went by and years went by
Moments went by when we kissed!
(When was this?)
She said your beard is woven of heartache
And we'll drink for the lonely tonight
And the moon is a horny old drunkard
(Uh, Bret, could you please move over to your right?)
We drank dandelion wine and we reminisced
About the moment that when we first met that day
(I'm trying to watch tv.)
Then we reminsced about how we first reminisced
(ah yeah? Sounds a bit gay.)
She handed me a broken memory
A keepsake to forevermore say;
That a brief taste of love is as sweet as any
And with that she made her way.
(Oh yeah? What was her name?)
She said her name was a secret
Then she said her name was Cherie
(Was her middle name Cherie? So it's a secret Cherie, maybe?)
Mmmmmaybe
(What she look like?)
She looked like a Parisian river
(What, dirty?)
She looked like a chocolate eclair
(That's rare)
Her eyes were reflections of eyes
(Aw nice)
And the rainbows danced in hair
(Ah yeah)
She reminded me of a winters morning
(What, frigid.?)
Her perfume was eau du toilette
(Whats that mean?)
She was comprable to Cleopatra
(Quite old?)
She was like Shakespeares Juliet
(What, 13?!)
The bohemians of Soho did pirouette
As we walked through the streets of Manhattan
On rivers of ribbon and sailboats of song
(Bret did any of this actually happen?)
The girl I describe, she's as real as the wind
It's true I saw her today
The other details are inventions
Because I prefer her that way