Intro:) D D/C D/B D/Bb  
 
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You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever, 
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But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun. 
 
(guitar echoes bass) 
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And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids, 
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And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses: 
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How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing, 
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For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips. 
 
(Instrumental:) A7 D C A7 D C 
 
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And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise, 
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And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea. 
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And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body, 
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Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind. 
 
(Instrumental:) A7 D C A7 D C 
 
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Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell, 
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And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands 
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With tales of brave Ulysses; how his naked ears were tortured 
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By the sirens sweetly singing. 
 
(Instrumental:) D5 D/C D/B D/Bb 
 
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The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers, 
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And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter. 
 
(Coda:) D5 D/C D/B D/Bb