Gold Dust lyrics

sights and sounds

pull me back down another year

I was here

I was here

whipping past

the reflecting pool

me and you,

skipping school

and we make it up

as we go along

we make it up as we go along

you said you raced from Langley

pulling me underneath

a Cherry Blossom canopy

do I have? of course I have

beneath my raincoat

I have your photograph

and the sun on your face

I'm freezing that frame

and somewhere Alfie cries

and says "enjoy his every smile

you can see in the dark

through the Eyes of Laura Mars"1

"how did it go so fast?"

you'll say as we are looking back

and then we'll understand

we held gold dust in our hands

sights and sounds

pull me back down another year

I was here

I was here

gaslights glow in the street

(flickering past)

twilight held us in her palm

as we walked along

and we make it up

as we go along

we make it up as we go along

letting names hang in the air

what color hair? (auburn crimson)

autumn knowingly stared

and the day that she came

I'm freezing that frame

I'm freezing that frame

and somewhere Alfie smiles

and says "enjoy her every cry

you can see in the dark

through the Eyes of Laura Mars"

"how did it go so fast?"

you'll say as we are looking back

and then we'll understand

we held gold dust in our hands

in our hands

1. This refers to the 1978 movie, Eyes of Laura Mars where the main character, Laura Mars sees visions "through the eyes" of a serial killer.

• Artist:Tori Amos
• Album:Scarlet's Walk