Venezuela

Dayna Kurtz Another Black Feather... For The Wings Of A Sinner Venezuela That was such a lovely dream The streets were golden in the sun I've never been to Venezuela But my family was all there And my mother looked so young Venezuela looked like Brooklyn Though the streets were twice as wide Children spun around the trees Little tops, little Sufis Mamas smile from inside Oh Fernando I'm so sorry For the love you saved for me But my heart is locked forever In another lovely dream He approached me like a prince And said he's loved me all his life He said he knew that I'd come here That he's been waiting all these years That I'm meant to be his wife And my sister was so jealous Of the love you had for me She left, stomping 'cross the square Rigid arms flying hair Her skirt had many layers and it bounced like Sandra Dee's Oh Fernando I'm so sorry Whatever could I say To a man I've never met Who's the one who got away I cried to see his heart so plainly For he was such a formal man Handed to me like a daisy In the presence of my family From his damp and shaking hands I said, Fernando, I can't stay here And a clock began to chime And I opened up my shirt And in its bony cage Ticked a paper valentine Oh Fernando I'm so sorry For the love you saved for me But my heart is locked forever In another lovely dream Oh Fernando I'm so sorry Whatever could I say To a man I've never met Who's the one who got away