Wood Wives

(Harry Flowers)

Wood wives hide in the dark

Hide in the trees

Whisper your name

When you're low, behold

Wood wives older than stone

Open your soul

Bathe in your eyes and you come alive

Wood wives bloom in the Spring

Supernaturally thin

She hungers for you more than anything

Wood wives drawing you down

Coiling around

Lids heavy under the ground

Oh baby

Can anyone tell me where all the wood wives have gone?

In the King's arms on a Saturday night

Wood wives fade like a song

Learn her lines and she's gone

Just a trace of her taste on your face

And all the wood wives return to the shade

Their magic unmade

And you're back to your workaday trade

Can anyone tell me where all the wood wives have gone?

In the King's arms on a Saturday night

Won't someone tell me where all the wood wives went?

In the flash of a smile

In the bat of a lash

Come take a walk with me again

You'll see them all down Saffron Lane

All singing, all dancing Summer parade

Out of this world for a day

Out of this world for a day

Out of this world...

 

© hf, New York City, March 2010

Harry Flowers

Come swing along with old man Pan...

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