Key: F
F
Am
Dm
The god of love preparing to depart.
C
Bb
F
Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder,
F
Am
Dm
They slip between the sentries of the heart.
C
Bb
F
Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure,
C
Dm
Bb
They gain the light, they formlessly entwine;
Gm
Bb
C
And radiant beyond your widest measure .
F
Am
Dm
They fall among the voices and the wine
C
Bb
F
It?s not a trick, your senses all deceiving,
Bb
C
Dm
A fitful dream, the morning will exhaust
Bb
Gm
C
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving. .
F
Dm
Bb
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost
Gm
C
F
Even though she sleeps upon your satin;
F
Am
Dm
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
C
Bb
F
Do not say the moment was imagined;
F
Am
Dm
Do not stoop to strategies like this.
C
Bb
F
As someone long prepared for this to happen,
C
Dm
Bb
Gº
firmly
Gm
Bb
C
Exquisite music. Alexandra laughing. .
F
Am
Dm
Your firm commitments tangible again
C
Bb
F
And you who had the honor of her evening,
Bb
C
Dm
And by the honor had your own restored
Bb
Gm
C
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving;
F
Dm
Bb
Alexandra leaving with her lord.
Gm
C
F
Even though she sleeps upon your satin;
Bb
C
Dm
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
Bb
C
Dm
Do not say the moment was imagined;
Bb
C
Dm
Do not stoop to strategies like this.
Gm
C
As someone long prepared for the occasion;
F
Am
Dm
In full command of every plan you wrecked
C
Bb
F
Do not choose a coward?s explanation
F
Am
Dm
that hides behind the cause and the effect.
C
Bb
F
And you who were bewildered by a meaning;
Bb
C
Dm
Whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed
Gm
C
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
F
Dm
Bb
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.
Gm
C
F
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
F
Dm
Bb
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.
Gm
C
F