'Twas a lovely night in gay Paree <br />The stagelight was beating on him and me <br />He took my heart and spoke so well <br />And told me things no one else could tell <br />But far away in a barren tree <br />The birds sang the blues in a minor key <br /> <br />He was a lonely tramp in the world of rhyme <br />With words that caught me just in time <br />I gave him my body I gave him my soul <br />In front of the stage I played my role <br />But far away in a barren tree <br />The birds sang the blues in a minor key <br /> <br />The chimes of freedom rang that night <br />And stars in heaven were shining bright <br />The songs he sang were like ice and fire <br />Leading me through the bush and brier <br />But far away in a barren tree <br />The birds sang the blues in a minor key <br /> <br />Behind his mask and behind his name <br />He left the stage with nothin' to claim <br />Like a shooting star in the empty skies <br />Our love was done without any ties <br />And far away in a barren tree <br />The birds sang the blues in a minor key <br /> <br />And far away in a barren tree <br />The birds sang the blues in a minor key.... <br /> <br />Copyright © 2011 Göran Gustafsson. All rights reserved<br /><br />Göran Gustafsson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/blues-in-minor-key/
