Am G
I've watched her from the river banks
Dm Em
I knew her when she danced with dreams
A# Am
White doves were there to dress her hair
A# E
And so was Madelaine
Am G
At night the people's faces danced
Dm Em
Like pearls colliding on the breast
A# Am
Of fat Marie whose thunder laugh
E Am
Was just a thread from crying
F C
Her sailors stained her cobblestones
F Em F G
With wine and piss and death desire
F C
And sometimes blood for Madelaine
A# E
Whose laughter was the night
A G
Her girls would lift their dresses high
D C D C
and breathe the stars and kiss the sky
A G
She'd smother them with whispers then
F E
Embrace them with her sighs
Am G
Before the bottle dulled my eyes
Dm Em
And made me so I couldn't stand
A# Am
I'd overact and play the clown
E Am
When Madelaine would cry
F C
And now I watch from riverbanks
F Em F G
I watch it weave it's memories
F C
White doves turned gray and flew away
E Am
And so did Madelaine
