Affair On 8th Avenue

The perfume that she wore was from some little store
 On the down side of town
 But it lingered on long after she'd gone
 I remember it well
 And our fingers entwined like ribbons of light
 And we came through a doorway somewhere in the night
 Her long flowing hair came softly undone
 And it lay all around
 And she brushed it down as I stood by her side
 In the warmth of her love
 And she showed me her treasures of paper and tin
 And then we played a game only she could win
 And she told me a riddle I'll never forget
 Then left with the answer I've never found yet
 How long, said she, can a moment like this
 Belong to someone
 What's wrong, what is right, when to live or to die
 We must almost be born
 So if you should ask me what secrets I hide
 I'm only your lover, don't make me decide
 The perfume that she wore was from some little store
 On the down side of town
 But it lingered on long after she'd gone
 I remember it well
 And she showed me her treasures of paper and tin
 And then we played a game only she could win
 And our fingers entwined like ribbons of light
 And we came through a doorway somewhere in the night