Linda Paloma
Jackson Browne & Warren Zevon Lyrics

At the moment the music began
As the music started playing

And you heard the guitar player starting to sing
And the guitar player began to sing

You were filled with the beauty that ran
It filled you with beauty

Through what you were imagining
In your imagination

Dreaming of scenes from those songs of love
You dreamed of romantic scenes

I was the endless sky
You saw me as a vast expanse

And you were my Mexican dove
And you were my cherished love

Now the music that played in your ears
But now the music you heard

Grows a little bit fainter each day
Is fading day by day

And you find yourself looking through tears
And you find yourself crying

At the love you feel slipping away
As you feel your love slipping away

Though it's not the kind
Although it's not the love

Of love you might hope to find
You hoped to find true love

If tears could release the heart
If only tears could ease

From the shadows preferred by the mind
The pain of hidden memories

Like a wind that comes up in the night
Like a gentle breeze at night

Caressing your face while you sleep
Touching your face while you sleep

Love will fill your eyes with the sight
Love will give you a precious vision

Of a world you can't hope to keep
Of a world you know you can't have

Dreaming on after that moment's gone
Despite the moment passing

The light in your lover's eyes
The light in your lover's eyes

Disappears with the light of the dawn
Fades away with the sunrise

But the morning brings
But a new day brings

Strength to your restless wings
Strength to your tired soul

And some other lover sings
And someone else sings

To the sun's bright corona
To the sunrise

I know all about these things
I understand these things

Linda Paloma
My dear Linda Paloma

Fly away
Fly away