Red Balloon

The other night I had a dream

You came to me or so seemed

On a vessel of hot air gleaming red

An impetus upon the wing

You offered me a golden ring

And so I left my dreams within the bed

I jumped aboard with nightcap on

The moon was up

The curtains drawn-we rose into the silver dusty glow

The whistle spoke above the cloak

Of factories that billowed smoke

Over the city of bordeaux

The captain and the ballast boy

Played a waltz on clocks and toys

We set our sights for glory, and the sea

We fired the gas, and soon we passed

Painted ships all made of brass

Who sailed in orbit astro-logically

You promised me a lullabye

And we built castles in the sky

Fashioned from the flowers that we grew

But then the wind's song was strange

And we both knew that things would change

And so you left me floating in the blue

Oh, wind, carry me, carry me, far away far away

Until another day

Until another june

I'll be looking for a lark

I'll be floating in the dark

On this giant red balloon

Oh, wind, carry me, carry me, far away far away

Until another day

Until another june

I'll be looking for a lark

I'll be floating in the dark

On this giant red balloon

Two lovers, foating in the atmosphere

And I will always be your faithful cavalier

And just like tales of d'arlandes and rozier

We'll float among the stars, I, your valiant gondolier

The other night I had a dream

You came to me or so it seemed

On a zepplin made of crystal, made of glass

Upon a steam calliope

You sat and played a song for me

A shanti from a vagrant midnight mass

You puffed a pipe of turkish moss

And set course for the albatross

A sea of silver prophets on the wing

And through the captain's telescope

You gazed and blew a ring of smoke

And then we bade farewell unto the spring

You were like a dusty rose

An arrow launched from heaven's bow

A chanson, ever haunting to my ear

And for better or for worse

I knew this was the final verse

An ode to times soon to disappear

The anchor man was ill-content

And sang a song, a sweet lament

While I flipped pennies to the sky

And bade farewell to you my love

This stormy romance up above

A tale sure to electrify

Oh, wind, carry me, carry me, far away far away

Until another day

Until another june

I'll be looking for a lark

I'll be floating in the dark

On this giant red balloon

Oh, wind, carry me, carry me, far away far away

Until another day

Until another june

I'll be looking for a lark

I'll be floating in the dark

On this giant red balloon