It Was a Good Idea

It Was A Good Idea


It was a good idea
I took a little stroll
The wind was blowin’ hot
The tide was goin’ low
The night was slidin’ in
And I was on a roll

It was a good idea
A golden full moon glowed
Drifting pulsing music
Was capturing my soul
The volume turned up high
The lamps were turned down low

(Chorus)
Shiny, shimmering, shackles of a heart’s that blue
Lonely, lyrical, lure of a woman like you
It was a good idea
I really had no clue

Between the flowers of evil
And the grapes of wrath
The sisters of true mercy
Lift their skirts and laugh
While some dead scholar
Risks a heart attack

I didn’t have a penny
I was a millionaire
Out on the streets Bukowski
With Charles Baudelaire
The **** crowed right at midnight
A train roared out of there

(Chorus)
Shiny, shimmering, shackles of a heart’s that blue
Lonely, lyrical, lure of a woman like you
It was a good idea
I really had no clue




It was a good idea
After a couple drinks
Her hair was golden crimson
Her skin was soft as mink
And when we left the dance floor
I was her missing link

It was a good idea
Until Bukowski fell
And Charles Baudelaire
Barely escaped from hell
She caught the train at first light
Left me a tolling bell

(Chorus)
Shiny, shimmering, shackles of a heart’s that blue
Lonely, lyrical, lure of a woman like you
It was a good idea
I really had no clue