From the recording Israeli Oranges
For my brothers in the 4/325 and our time in Sinai
Lyrics
Twenty one and on the run
As far as I could go
She was just eighteen
With an older soul and hair as black as coal
On desert sands, holding hands
We danced like gypsy kids
A world away from the day to day
And the other things we did
The sun came up
We hit the beach
As waves were tumbling in
She bet a bottle of Jack
That I wouldn't come back
So I ran up every step
She broke the seal and swallowed hard
And I tasted Whiskey breath
Right then I owned the world
With a pretty girl
But I was far beyond my depth
Israeli oranges and toasted cheese
Should we stay the night?
She said please
When she flipped her hair
It was such a tease
You could smell the ocean
On the breeze
I was just a kid
But I was bullet proof
She a princess, under gilded roof
A fairy tale
A million miles away
But feels like yesterday
When it ended in the afternoon
She promised that
we'd meet real soon
I kissed her hand
As she walked in the door
My head still playing out the dance
My poet's heart in sweet romance
That knew in truth
We'd never meet again
Israeli oranges and toasted cheese
Should we stay the night?
She said please
When she flipped her hair
It was such a tease
You could smell the ocean
On the breeze
I was just a kid
But I was bullet proof
She a princess, under gilded roof
A fairy tale
A million miles away
But feels like yesterday
Feels like yesterday
Feels like yesterday