Perfumed Garden

You can seal your lips, you can shake your hips
I can make that trip
And all life's fears could invade my ears
I can handle it
I can call on a friend, I can laugh with a friend
That I've known from school
And I saw him before work but still not discovered
The golden rule

I thought of stories I heard from long ago
As I live in a perfume garden
I have not yet learned to tame the creature there
I think I might be onto something

All across the town and across the street
You can feel the heat
Let me tell you friend, they can hardly wait
To mark your sheet
There was maximum joy for the men they employed
To hold you down
And I hope now you know that this isn't the bliss
That you thought you'd found

I thought of stories I heard from long ago
Meant for my ears and no one else's
I haven't yet learned to tame the creature there
I think I might be onto something
I think I might be onto something

Listening hard for the voice of a child
I thought I heard an alarm bell ringing
Pulled from my sleep by invisible hands
The lady dances, the lady's singing
I see their faces come into the light
A carpet of light that they wrap around me
I had the good sense to mind my time
From here on end, we must move more slowly

You can seal your lips, you can shake your hips
I can make that trip
And all life's fears could invade my ears
I can handle it
I can call on a friend, I can laugh with the friends
That I've known from school
And I saw him before work but still not discovered
The golden rule

Listen hard for the voice of the child
And you may hear an alarm bell ringing
Pulled from your sleep by invisible hands
The distant sound of a lady singing