Sandra, in the summer of St. Augustine

The Summer of St. Augustine

for Sandra

The boat south of Piraeus
Sky a deeper blue
Put in at all the islands
Paros, Santorini too
Later on south to Crete
The old port, Iraklion
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 in 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
Kaleenichta, my sweet wife
Island rising to the sky
Like new loaves of bread
The sun pours down its butter
Come, let's go to bed

chorus

DL

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Disa's niece, Sandra