I highly recommend the gaze upon his profile at the picture show Wait for a moment when it's flickering all about his brow For in those shadows hide the antidotes to potions taken long ago And in the alchemy you offered such a sweet elixir Did you know that you were casting quite the spell That night in Wallingford? Oh, that night in Wallingford I have been known to steal his photograph in rooms where men took often rest I hold suspicion that he's keen to all my stratagems and wiles
A nobler king could hold his spemes through these villanellas I'll have you know my tongue was dripping to be tied That night in Wallingford Oh, that night in Wallingford That night in Wallingford Oh, that night in Wallingford And I will make this declaration: That darker days we may still abide If you and I will love through patient eyes Oh, I will make this declaration: That darker days we may still abide If you and I will love through patient eyes