Summer Of St Augustine +mp3

better days

this song may be heard in mp3 form at
http://www3.telus.net/billybob/dougCDs

THE SUMMER OF ST. AUGUSTINE

The boat south from Piraeus
Sky a deeper blue
Put in at all the islands
Paros, Santorini too
Later on, south to Crete
The old port, Heraklion
Sun gold on the blue Aegean
And all our troubles gone

Take it with you when you go
Take your soul with you when you go
Love is light, love is clean
Heed St. Augustine
Take it with you when you go

On rented motorcycles
Over red clay hills we flew
Drank retsina, nibbled feta
Sampled saganiki too
A boy who spoke some English
Said once or twice a year
You can see the lights of Africa
When the night is clear

chorus

Nescafe for breakfast
Wine after sundown
Ancient eyes, so sad and wise
The bottle passed around
And the monastery shining
Caiques on the bay
It was the summer of St. Augustine
I kissed you every day

chorus

Here’s to you, bonita
Here’s to living life
Here’s to the spell of love
Kalehnichta, my sweet wife
Islands rising to the sky
Like new loaves of bread
The sun pours down its butter
Come, let’s go to bed

chorus

DL