Copper Shades

The copper shades you wore

Were very big and green

And I was only feather-light

Above the engine-roar

In the smell of gasoline

You'd make sure I'd hold on tight

And there we'd go with no direction

Anywhere the wind would blow

And I would ask you all these questions

While your pride of me would show

Then in an act of love

You'd pull me close and check

My orange-colored water wings

You'd turn the engine off

And somewhere from the back

We'd both jump in for a swim

And there we'd go with no direction

Anywhere the wind would blow

And I would ask you all these questions

While your pride of me would show

And safe in your Calypso

With the world of wise Cousteau below

And ice cream castles overhead

Now how was I to know

How was I to know

A towel round my chest

Your copper shades back on

We would speed up fast

And dry up by the sun