Alexandra Leaving

F                            Dm
Suddenly the night has grown colder.
C                  Bb     C    F
The god of love preparing to depart.
                         Dm
Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder,
Bb                             C 
They slip between the sentries of
     F
 the heart.

  Am7                        
Upheld by the simplicities of 
 Bb
pleasure,
Gm                                
They gain the light, they 
     C
formlessly entwine
F                            
And radiant beyond your widest 
  Dm
measure
Bb                         C      
They fall among the voices and the 
 F
wine.

           Bb          C          
It's not a trick, your senses all 
  Dm
deceiving,
         Bb                     
A fitful dream, the morning will 
   C
exhaust
        F      Dm        Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
                    C         F
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.

F                                
Even though she sleeps upon your 
Dm
satin
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C               Bb        C      
Even though she wakes you with a 
F
kiss.
                           Dm
Do not say the moment was imagined
Bb                    C         
Do not stoop to strategies like 
F
this.

Am7                               
As someone long prepared for this 
   Bb
to happen,
Gm                                
Go firmly to the window. Drink it 
C
in.
          F                Dm
Exquisite music. Alexandra laughing.
Bb                          C   
Your first commitments tangible 
F
again.

            Bb      C            
And you who had the honor of her 
Dm
evening,
           Bb                
And by the honor had your own 
    C
restored
        F      Dm        Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
          C              F
Alexandra leaving with her lord.

                Bb      C        
Even though she sleeps upon your 
Dm
satin
                Bb        C      
Even though she wakes you with a 
Dm
kiss.
               Bb     C    Dm
Do not say the moment was imagined
                Bb             
Do not stoop to strategies like 
 C
this.

F                              
As someone long prepared for the 
    Dm
occasion
C                  Bb    C       
In full command of every plan you 
 F
wrecked
                              Dm
Do not choose a coward's explanation
Bb                              C
that hides behind the cause and 
     F
the effect.

            Bb     C             
And you who were bewildered by a 
Dm
meaning
               Bb              
Whose code was broken, crucifix 
   C
uncrossed
        F      Dm        Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
                    C         F
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.
               Dm        Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
                    C         F
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.