Copper Shades

A Balladeer

The copper shades you wore 
Were very big and green 
And I was only feather-light 
Above the engine-roar 
In the smell of gasoline 
You'd make sure I'd hold on tight 

And there we'd go with no direction 
Anywhere the wind would blow 
And I would ask you all these questions 
While your pride of me would show 

Then in an act of love 
You'd pull me close and check 
My orange-colored water wings 
You'd turn the engine off 
And somewhere from the back 
We'd both jump in for a swim 

And there we'd go with no direction 
Anywhere the wind would blow 
And I would ask you all these questions 
While your pride of me would show 

And safe in your Calypso 
With the world of wise Cousteau below 
And ice cream castles overhead 
Now how was I to know 

How was I to know 

A towel round my chest 
Your copper shades back on 
We would speed up fast 
And dry up by the sun