this posting is neither here nor there

i know i've mentioned it a million times but van morrison is my absolute favorite musical artist. into the mystic was my favorite song of his UNTIL i started thinking

MADAME GEORGE



Down on Cypress Avenue
With the child like visions leaping into view
The clicking clacking of the high heeled shoe
Ford and Fitzroy and Madame George
Marching with the soldier boy behind
He's much older now with hat on drinking wine
And that smell of sweet perfume comes drifting through
Early cool night air like Shalimar
And outside they're making all the stops
The kids out in the street collecting bottle tops
Gone for cigarettes and matches in the shops
Happy taking Madame George
And that’s when you fall
Woh, woh, woh, woh, woh, woh, that’s when you fall
Yeah that’s when you fall
When you fall into a trance
A sitting on a sofa playing games of chance
With your folded arms in history books you glance
Into the eyes of Madame George
And you think you've found the bag
You're getting weaker and your knees begin to sag
In a corner playing dominoes in drag
The one and only Madame George
And from outside the frosty window raps
She jumps up and says ‘Lord have mercy I think that it's the cops’
And immediately drops everything she gots
Down into the street below
And you know you gotta go
On the train from Dublin up to Sandy Row
Throwing pennies at the bridges down below
In the rain, hail, sleet and snow
Say goodbye to Madame George
Dry your eye for Madame George
I wonder why for Madame George
And as you leave the room is filled with music
Laughing music, dancing music, all around the room
And all the little boys comin’ round
Walking away from it all so cool
And as you're about to leave she jumps up 'n says
‘Hey love, you forgot your glove’
And the love that loves the love that loves
The love that loves to love the love that loves
Say goodbye to Madame George
Dry your eyes for Madame George
Wonder why for Madame George
Dry your eyes for Madame George
Say goodbye in the wind and the rain in the back street
In the back street, in the back street
Say goodbye to Madame George
In the back street, In the back street, In the back street
Well, well down home, down home in the back street
Got to go, say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
eye, your eye, your eye, your eye, your eye, your eye, your eye, your eye, your eye, your eye, your eye, your eye, your eye, your eyes
Say goodbye to Madame George
And the love that loves to love that loves to love that loves to love the love the love that loves to love the loves that love to love
Say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Woo – ooh, Mm, mm, mm
Say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye yeah to Madame George
Dry your eyes for Madame George
Wonder why for Madame George
And the love that loves to love the loves to love the love that love to love the love that loves to love
Say goodbye, goodbye
Get on the train darling
Get on the train, the train, the train, the train, the train, darling
This is the train, This is the train darling
This is the train
Oh say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Get on the train Get on the train