Nature Boy (Edit)

I was just a boy when I sat down

To watch the news on TV

I saw some ordinary slaughter

I saw some routine atrocity

My father said, "Don't look away

You gotta be strong, you got to be bold now"

He said that in the end, it is beauty

That is gonna save the world now

And she moves among the sparrows

And she floats upon the breeze

And she moves among the flowers

And she moves something deep inside of me

I was walking 'round the flower show like a leper

Coming down with some kind of nervous hysteria

I saw you standing there, green eyes, black hair

Up against the pink and purple wisteria

You said, "Hey, nature boy, are you looking at me

With some unrighteous intention?"

My knees went weak

I couldn't speak, I was having thoughts

That were not in my best interests to mention

And she moves among the flowers

And she floats upon the smoke

And she moves among the shadows

And she moves me with just one little look

You took me back to your place

And dressed me up in a deep sea diver's suit

You played the patriot, you raised the flag

And I stood at full salute

Later on we smoked a pipe that struck me dumb

And made it impossible to speak

As you closed in, in slow motion

Quoting Sappho in the original Greek

And she moves among the sparrows

And she walks across the sea

And she moves among the flowers

And she moves right across to me (something deep inside of me)

C'mon now