Alexandra Leaving

Suddenly the night has grown colder
 The god of love preparing to depart
 Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder
 They slip between the sentries of the heart
 Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure
 They gain the light, they formlessly entwine
 And radiant beyond your widest measure
 They fall among the voices and the wine
 It's not a trick, your senses all deceiving
 A fitful dream, the morning will exhaust
 Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving
 Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost
 
 Even though she sleeps upon your satin
 
 Even though she wakes you with a kiss
 Do not say the moment was imagined
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 Do not stoop to strategies like this
 As someone long prepared for this to happen
 
 Go firmly to the window. Drink it in
 Exquisite music. Alexandra laughing
 Your first commitments tangible again
 And you who had the honor of her evening
 And by that honor had your own restored
 Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving
 Alexandra leaving with her lord
 Even though she sleeps upon your satin
 Even though she wakes you with a kiss
 Do not say the moment was imagined
 Do not stoop to strategies like this
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 As someone long prepared for the occasion
 In full command of every plan you wrecked
 Do not choose a coward's explanation
 That hides behind the cause and the effect
 And you who were bewildered by a meaning
 Whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed
 Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving
 Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost
 Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving
 Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost