Open the window up The one besides the armoire I need some cool autumn air In this baroque hotel room While you put on your stockings Cause on the rocker by the mirror \"Put on a record,\" You say We're both relieved at the idea We're both relieved at the idea
It crackles like a fire The sounds caress our fears And we've put off the silence That hung so long in stale air That used to be a mystery A secret book to unlock But we've stopped writing in it Or thrown away the key
And as I watched you sitting there In the chair that you're rocking I can see that there's a tear In your new blue stockings As I watch you sitting there In the chair that you're rocking I can see that there's a tear In your new blue stockings
Shapes dance on the wallpaper Headlights through yellow leaves Just like they did last June The first night we hared a room Back then they were alive A lively jitterbug in bloom But now they're dancing in slow waltz And they'll be gone tomorrow afternoon
As I watch you sitting there In the chair that you're rocking I can see that there's a tear In your new blue stockings
As I watch you sitting there In the chair that you're rocking I can see that there's a tear In your new blue stockings
I can see that there's a tear In your new blue stockings...