Venus Lyrics

I was lookin' for Venus

She was lookin' for me

I was busy dreamin'

She was busy with harmony

I stood by the window

And I took my clothes

And we sang prayers to wind

And the heroes who've been

Amen

We've been awfully lonesome

But we haven't been lonesome since

I was lookin' for Venus

She appeared in her velvet gown

I asked her what she was readin'

She said "your lips when the words come out"

I have wandered these streets all alone

I have lived in the moon

It is music to me when you die

It is music when you sweep your broom

Come, my beloved

Come, let us go

Into the space

That only the lonely know

I was lookin' for Venus

She was naked by the door

I closed my eyes

I fell to my knees and cried

Only such a man as you could see

That my body is not free

I was lookin' for Venus

Her long hair was gone from the pillow

I lit a cigarette

I smoked it slow by the window

Watched for her silhouette

The flowers appear on the earth

As sure I stand in this dirt

I'd fall to the dark to witness your birth

I stood by the window

And I took my clothes

And we sang prayers to wind

And the heroes who've been

Amen

We sang prayers to the wind

And the heroes who've been

Amen

Amen

Amen

Amen