Ellis Paul - Here She Is

Live / 2000-03-14 1. 3,000 Miles 2. All Things being the Same 3. Angel In Manhattan 4. Autobiography of a Pistol 5. Changing Your Name 6. Conversation with a Ghost 7. Did Galileo Pray? 8. Here She Is 9. Look at the Wind Blow 10. Love's Too Familiar a Word 11. Maria's Beautiful Mess 12. Martyr's Lounge 13. Mrs. Jones 14. Never Lived at All 15. Seize the Day 16. Take Me Down 17. The World Ain't Slowin' Down 18. Tornado GiRL! 19. Weightless 20. When We Begin

Here She Is

If you could paint her, she'd be a Picasso.
She's got a few things out of place.
Like when she smiles, it's slightly out of line.
It's half awkward, yet half grace.
While you're unraveling this mystery
Of where she fits in time and space,
She'll drag you into this lover's tale,
Though she will not give a reason.
And if you fight her tooth and nail,
She won't give up until you lose...

She wants the last word, the last dance.
She thinks it's absurd that you believe in second chances.
You're a lost cause, yet here she is.
And that's the mystery. Here she is...

She's a poem by Ferlinghetti.
She's the angel from a nursery rhyme
She'll set you a place at your table,
Then fill your cup till you're drunk on red wine.

She don't believe in stars or in miracles,
But she reads your horoscope daily.
And if your response is too cynical,
She'll say, "Who are you to know?"
While you're unraveling this mystery
Of where she fits in time and space,
She'll memorize your history
And decorate your place.