Steel Eyes - Shawn Phillips

I talk to the lady with the steel gray eyes

While the sun is going down

And we talk of the things that we wish to know

But she’s really not around

And the sunset on the mountain is the same color

As her cascade chestnut hair

And now loving is in living for forgetting your past

So now why the distant stare?

Could it be there is someone who remains

In her heart and she cares?

And the ice of her kisses lingers on and on And the image of her body live

Yet you walked on black sand by the sea’s turmoil

In the dark of a velvet night

Then you sat down and gave your hands to be kissed and loved

Could not you hear a gentle sigh?

And by the stars part control of your wandering life

Do you believe in not telling lies?

But it was good that you were warm

On your way back home, short love, goodbye