Piano Magic — Sketch For Joanne lyrics

Lyrics

Joanne comes around
With a radio and absinthe
We start the afternoon
With Polish Xmas songs on shortwave
She laughs as we burn the first shot
The green flame
I love Joanne
We’ve been friends for 12 years
We used to be lovers
But now a hug can be just a hug
I followed her from Derbyshire to London
She’s the sub librarian
The swan feeder, spectacle breaker
I wanted to buy her a bicycle this Xmas
But she said it was too much
She can close me down
Like I let no one else do We watch the green flame in the window
And it somehow makes me think of Amsterdam or Paris
Rain beneath canal bridges in neon café light
The phone rings but it’s not for me The answering machine catches it And holds it and holds it and holds it