Quicksilver Daydreams Of Maria

Well the diamond fades quickly
When matched to the face of Maria
All the harps they sound empty
When she lifts her lips to the sky

The brown of her skin
Makes her hair seem a soft golden rainfall
That spills from the mountains
To the bottomless depths of her eyes

She stands all around me
Her hands slowly sifting the sunshine
All the laughter that lingered
Down deep 'neath her smiling is free

Well it spins and it twirls
Like a hummingbird lost in the morning
Then caresses the south wind
And silently sails to the sea

All the sculptures stand striking
And the artist he throws away his brushes
When her image comes dancing
The sun she turns sullen with shame

And the birds they go silent
The wind stops his sad mournful singing
When the trees of the forest
Start gently to whispering her name

So as softly she wanders
I'll desperately follow her footsteps
And I'll chase after shadows
That offer a trace of her sight

Oh they promise eternally
That she lies hidden within them
But I find they've deceived me
And sadly I bid them goodbye

So the serpent slides slowly
Away with his moments of laughter
And the old washerwoman
Has finished her cleaning and gone

But the bamboo hangs heavy
In the bondage of quicksilver daydreams
And the lonely child lonely
Looks for a place to belong