FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
AKA: Cantilevered Heart
Copyright ©
Susan Werner
Description: Guitar
You said you thought I'd like the Frank Lloyd Wrights
Out on Forest Avenue
So while you went to work that day
I toured a few
And I liked the arch over the fireplaces
And I liked the skylights too
And I liked the sense of open spaces
And I love me and you, yeah
You and your rough-sawn muscles
And your single-family smile
And the tall-backed chair of your backbone
And your emerald artglass eyes
And happy high above it all, yeah
Was my cantilevered heart
And of course there was your sense of humour
And all the dusty books you read
And I loved your love of architecture
And I loved you toe to head
You, you, you and your rough-sawn muscles
And your single-family smile
And the tall-backed chair of your backbone, mm-hmm
And those emerald artglass eyes
And suspended high above it all, yeah
Was my cantilevered heart
And I don't dwell, and I don't dwell on old regrets no
I don't think that way anymore
When I think about the years we had
I'm just grateful for it, I'm grateful for it
'Cos I never had an eye for beauty
I never had an eye for design
I never felt the full force of desire
Until you, you, you, you, you
Your single family smile
And the tall-backed chair of your backbone
And your emerald artglass eyes
But happy high above it all
Suspended high above it all
Floating like a balcony above it all
Was my cantilevered
My cantilevered heart, yeah
You said you thought I'd like the Frank Lloyd Wrights
[October 1999]