Philip Melancon - Our Affair lyrics

Our affair set amid hibiscus flares Jasmine, crate myrtle blooms Red wine, cigarettes, nature's perfume Our affair paced by the ebbing of a swing Seconds tick by crickets in the trees Blinking stars, birds on wings No music for dancing So we dance to conversational charms A candle's flicker, a kerosene lamp That withered away in a breeze Our affair didn't seek a commonality Just filled Marie veranda, wall of magnolia leaves If from this time, love we never shared Ever more will we have our affair We feign no flattery Just chattering of days gone before No commitment just the insistence Tomorrow night we meet once more Our affair, innocent as ordinary spring Lifted us on bu*terfly wings To our heavenly, earthbound lair Here, this time, this place satisfied every care Ever more will we share our affair