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Artist: Laura Nyro
Canonical path: /laura-nyro/upstairs-by-a-chinese-lamp
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Upstairs By a Chinese Lamp
Read Upstairs By a Chinese Lamp lyrics by Laura Nyro on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Upstairs By a Chinese Lamp
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Market in the cool white mornin'
Merchants sell while women buy
Milk, tobacco, soap and matches
Sweep the floor
While the dishes dry
Spring whispered in her ear
Like soft Mediterranean wailin'
Sleepy woman by the window
Dreamin' in the morning air
Of the one who takes her sweetness
By a chinese lamp upstairs
The steam of china tea
You could hear the woman sing
In the soft flames of spring
Spring has swept the scarlet side streets
Winds caress, undress, invite
Upstairs by a china lamp
They softly talk in the cool spring night
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Laura Nyro performs "Upstairs By a Chinese Lamp", and this lyric page sits inside the Laura Nyro catalog on LyroVerse.
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