Mike Heron - Beautiful Stranger Lyrics
John Cale: piano, harmonium, brass arrangementPat Donaldson: bassGerry Conway: drumsTony Cox: VCS 3Soft lapped the bark boatsA wounded shoulder hurt me notSnake - like branches quietly hid my eyes so bright in the swamp-red sunSoft edged the foreign wordsColoured by the dark waves splash in the mistBrown the breasts and purple-stainedDye deep-pounded with the stoneThe warm wind now lifts the hazeI looked and I caught my breathAnd I raised my head up highAnd I shouted out loud in my soulBeautiful stranger I'm glad I found youBright the sky above my headStreaked with red and yellow wingWarm the mud between my toesDarkest green the inland trailDistant now the bark boatsGolden beads on silver wire of seaLong bathed by salty sprayVisions float on the dry earths smellDrifting back through younger daysI looked and I caught my breathAnd I shouted out loud in my soulBeautiful stranger I'm glad I found youMoist and cool the river bankLaid me down against a treeRemembering as in a dreamShoulder cut in the dark waves splashIn that place no wound there wasOnly a ring of finest bronze there gleamedSoft lapped the back boatsBrown the breasts and purple stainedRiver green reflect the gazeI looked and I caught my breathAnd I raised my head up highAnd I shouted out loud in my soulBeautiful stranger I'm glad I found you
