Won’t you help me string the strings
That grace the neck of my red guitar
The silence opened near and far
It gives my voice its deathless wings
Ruby on the crown of a fallen queen
Magnolia seduces the colibri
The blush of a lover, the flush of a foe
At Winter’s end the funeral rose
The open mouth of Vesuvius
WInd-fall apple on the autumn grass
Tongue of the grey hound racing in dust
The peppers of fire, the berries of lust
Won’t you help me string the strings
That grace the neck of my red guitar
The silence opened near and far
It gives my voice its deathless wings
The ember bed at the jamboree
A mosquito's belly full of me
The pope is dead, the cardinals meet
The rust of the freighter caught on the reef
Summer sun on the North Sea fog
Tomato paste on the pasta sauce
In her Daddy’s car a kiss, a kiss
The parted lips... the lips I miss
Won’t you help me string the strings
That grace the neck of my red guitar
The silence opened near and far
It gives my voice its deathless wings
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