Last Time Around

Lyrics by Howard Anshell

 

The last time around
You were a French lady fair;
Wore fine silk dresses,
Flowers in your hair.
And I pulled the strings—
Put us both in the Court of the King!
You were blue and I was mean—
Both lost our heads, it seems!
A very long while
You were the Queen of the Nile;
I sat, your puppet slave,
In awe of your smile.
And you pulled the strings—
You were my everything!
But it takes so long to see :
There is just the two of us,
You and me!
You set the stage and I write the scene;
Put you in check
And you capture my queen!
You roll the dice and
I win or lose;
I fill around
Whatever you choose.
A foggy day,
A castle by the sea—
A family squire—
You directed me!
A long time ago,
By a fire in a cave,
I was the oracle;
I turned to you and said,
“None can come,
When all is done,
None can come, if none can stay!”