The Bridge
(Engel)
Am G
I've watched her from the river banks
Dm Em
I knew her when she danced with dreams
Bb Am
White doves were there to dress her hair
Bb E
And so was Madelaine.
Am G
At night the peoples' faces danced
Dm Em
Like pearls colliding on the breasts
Bb Am
Of Fat Marie, whose thunder laugh
Esus4 E Am
Was just a thread from crying
F C
Her sailors stained her cobblestones
F Em7 F Em7
With wine and piss and deft desires
F C
And sometimes blood for Madelaine
Bb E
Whose laughter was the night
A G
Her girls would lift their dresses high
D C D C
And breathe the stars and kiss the sky
A G
She'd smother them with whispers then
F Esus4 E
Embrace them with her sighs
Am G
Before the bottle dulled my eyes
Dm Em
and made me so I couldn't stand
Bb Am
I'd overact and play the clown
Bb E Am
When Madelaine would cry
F C
And now I watch from river banks
F Em7 F Em7
I watch it weave its memories
F Em
White doves turned grey and flew away
Am
And so did Madelaine.
end