Red Balloon

The other night i had a dream you came to me or so seemed, on a vessel of hot air gleaming red.
 An impetus upon the wing, you offered me a golden ring and so I left my dreams within the bed
 I jumped aboard with nightcap on, the moon was up, the curtains drawn-we rose into the silver dusty glow
 The whistle spoke above the cloak of factories that billowed smoke over the city of Bordeaux
 The captain and the ballast boy played a waltz on clocks and toys, we set our sights for glory, and the sea
 We fired the gas, and soon we passed, painted ships all made of brass who sailed in orbit astro-logically
 You promised me a lullabye, and we built castles in the sky, fashioned from the flowers that we grew
 But then the wind's song was strange and we both knew that things would change and so you left me floating in the blue
 Oh, wind, carry me, carry me, far away far away
 until another day,
 Until another june
 I'll be looking for a lark
 I'll be floating in the dark
 on this giant red balloon
 Oh, wind, carry me, carry me, far away far away
 until another day,
 Until another june
 I'll be looking for a lark
 I'll be floating in the dark
 on this giant red balloon
 Two lovers, foating in the atmosphere
 And i will always be your faithful cavalier
 And just like tales of d'Arlandes and Rozier
 We'll float among the stars, I, your valiant gondolier
 The other night I had a dream you came to me-or so it seemed- on a zepplin made of crystal, made of glass
 Upon a steam calliope you sat and played a song for me, a shanti from a vagrant midnight mass
 You puffed a pipe of turkish moss and set course for the albatross, a sea of silver prophets on the wing
 And through the captain's telescope, you gazed and blew a ring of smoke, and then we bade farewell unto the spring
 You were like a dusty rose, an arrow launched from heaven's bow, a chanson, ever haunting to my ear
 And for better or for worse, I knew this was the final verse, an ode to times soon to disappear
 The anchor man was ill-content and sang a song, a sweet lament, while I flipped pennies to the sky
 and bade farewell to you my love, this stormy romance up above, a tale sure to electrify
 Oh, wind, carry me, carry me, far away far away
 until another day,
 Until another june
 I'll be looking for a lark
 I'll be floating in the dark
 on this giant red balloon
 oh, wind, carry me, carry me, far away far away
 until another day,
 Until another june
 I'll be looking for a lark
 I'll be floating in the dark
 on this giant red balloon