We float before the sea at dusk In heavy mist, in glitter dust I smile before I want to I smile because you want to We sip the wind through lips of lust And out it comes, warm wisps of love I smile because I want to I smile because you want to Put the flowers in your hair Wrap your tendrils round my chest I smile because I want to I am your boy Shake my little soul for you now, toy And I settle up into a world of noise I’m a man of many tricks and tools and joy With a battery of guilt on which to poise Down by the shore, a funny foe Who bit my wings and ate them whole He left before I come to You left before I come to We took the hills into the trees I hid my hand and bit the leaves You left before I come to You left before I… Shake my little soul for you now, toy And I settle up into a world of noise I’m a man of many tricks and tools and joy With a battery of guilt on which to poise Shanks of slate fall to the beach Wrapped in life in ultra greens Pools teem with tiny feet And whorls of tired anemones You left before I got to You left before I got to You left before I… You left before I… Shook the flowers from your hair Run to me and kiss my hands I’m dead before I... I’m dead before I... Shake my little soul for you now, toy And I settle up into a world of noise I’m a man of many tricks and tools and joy With a battery of guilt on which to poise Shake my little soul for you now, toy And I settle up into a world of noise I’m a man of many tricks and tools and joy With a battery of guilt on which to poise I smile because I want to I smile because I want to I smile because I want to I smile because I want to I smile because I want to I smile because I want to I smile because I want to I smile because I want to