As he stared past the fire “Cause I’m gonna leave while I know his ” Your skin smelled like black cherry blossom perfume And the sailboat’s sail sailed by in the river she cried And the wind was suddenly sweeter than Roosevelt pie The windows broke out and the cigarette smoke drifted by There was bums on the bowery, they were swallowed in the lights As cars rolled on by in the night screamin’ “run for your life.” With cool and silvery eyes And a heart that was fit for desires Drown in a river of tears, oh a river she cried Left her with her heart made of ashes & fire One day there was a silence and it washed through the town There was no reason to speak and no one made a sound Her eyes were indigo and the cats was all calico And the sailboat’s sail sailed by and the river, she cried With cool and silvery eyes And a heart, it was fit for desire Drown in a river of tears, oh a river she cried Left her with a heart made of ashes & fire Ashes & fire Ashes & fire Ashes & fire