Emmy The Great - Aiko lyrics

Aiko, geography has got the better of us again I know you've gotta go And I am to be singing To the tail of an aeroplane So I fold these pieces of gold Into animals so I can fashion a chain That will bridge the gap across these continents Aiko, your fatherless smile has been summoned to other shores There is a man over there with a gentleman's bow Who invites you to take to the floor Pack your travelling case With your ribbons and lace For his blood must be furnished with excellent taste But it might burn a hole into your paper face Oh so you run towards the things you haven't got Just to say goodbye again But do you think of me as he unlocks your knees In the Terrace Garden? Pretty pictures in the window blinds: The can*l – it looks good with the winter behind, Like it is played on a banjo to a Tennessee line And the reeds are like cowboys in perfect alignment. Does the sky over Tokyo know How a river can flow like the stroke Of a violin bow – Like a hand will run across a milky spine. Oh but you take these trees And this summer breeze On this stupid-looking day, And you can send it all to the Japanese Now my love is gone away. (Japanese verse) And if you see Aiko Or Sai Let her know That she dances in my dreams.