Alexandra Leaving-Sharon Robinson

[ti:Alexandra Leaving] [ar:Sharon Robinson] [al:Everbody Knows] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Alexandra Leaving - Sharon Robinson [00:01.81]Suddenly the night has grown colder [00:06.78] [00:08.81]The God of love [00:11.06] [00:11.65]Preparing to depart [00:14.27] [00:16.58]Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder [00:21.44] [00:23.69]They slip between [00:26.53]The sentries of the heart [00:30.29]Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure [00:36.16] [00:38.22]They gain the light they formlessly entwine [00:44.16] [00:45.81]And radiant beyond your widest measure [00:50.98] [00:53.25]They fall among [00:55.96]The voices and the wine [00:59.86] [01:00.94]It's not a trick [01:02.64] [01:03.22]Your senses all deceiving [01:07.35] [01:08.36]A fitful dream [01:11.17]The morning will exhaust [01:15.06] [01:15.80]Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving [01:22.15] [01:23.50]Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost [01:30.12] [01:32.19]Even though she sleeps upon your satin [01:37.43] [01:39.63]Even though she wakes you with a kiss [01:45.70] [01:47.08]Do not say the moment was imagined [01:51.94] [01:54.46]Do not stoop [01:56.95]To strategies like this [02:00.89] [02:01.60]As someone long prepared for this to happen [02:06.74] [02:08.61]Go firmly to the window [02:11.55]Drink it in [02:13.86] [02:15.00]Exquisite music [02:17.52] [02:18.10]Alexandra laughing [02:21.41] [02:23.58]Your first commitments tangible again [02:30.07] [02:31.35]And you who had [02:33.93]The honor of her evening [02:37.38] [02:39.13]And by that honor [02:41.66]Had your own restored [02:45.22] [02:46.44]Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving [02:52.97] [02:54.56]Alexandra leaving with her Lord [03:00.07] [03:00.83]Even though she sleeps upon your satin [03:06.76] [03:08.25]Even though she wakes you with a kiss [03:14.27] [03:15.66]Do not say the moment was imagined [03:21.74] [03:23.02]Do not stoop to strategies like this [03:28.92] [03:31.76]As someone long prepared for the occasion [03:37.39] [03:39.32]In full command [03:42.22]Of every plan you wrecked [03:45.60] [03:46.80]Do not choose a coward's explanation [03:51.59] [03:54.16]That hides behind [03:56.99]The 'cause and the effect [04:00.33]And you who were [04:02.05] [04:02.63]Bewildered by a meaning [04:06.82] [04:07.64]Whose code was broken crucifix uncrossed [04:14.49] [04:15.05]Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving [04:21.36] [04:22.43]Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost [04:28.91] [04:29.71]Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving [04:36.52] [04:37.59]Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost