Sit down here in the alley
Where no one can see you cry
Trouble dogs us like a shadow
Though I cannot tell you why
Life's a fine and fleeting moment,
bittersweet and hard as stone
I can't change what fate has dealt you,
but no one should walk alone
Paloma, take my love when you go.
Where no one can harm you,
and there's nothing you need.
We're not as far as we believe
Somewhere a door is opening
And another door is closed
The sunset wraps its shawl
There's a sound of wings around you
Like the rustle of a skirt
And it's gone before you know it
All those tender little birds
Where no one can harm you
And there's nothing you need,
we're not as far as we believe
I dreamt that I was walking
in an old familiar country
I thought I heard you singing,
but I think I was just hungry
It's so many years behind me
and there's really no escape
we still take our own landscapes
The full moon bows her head,
and she's putting on her veil
A whippoorwill is calling,
and the morning dove exhale
Smell the night jasmine blooming,
someone's turning down the sheets
Forever opens up her eyes as
the rain washes the street
Where no one can harm you
And there's nothing you need
We're not as far as we believe
