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CREOLE LADY song lyrics
by Joel Sattler
based on Baudelaire

Based on a translation of "A une Dame Creole"
from FLEURS DU MAL by Charle Baudelaire

in a country of perfume
that was caressed by sun
under a cloud of crimson trees
I knew I'd come undone

and under the palms of laziness
bringing rain into your eyes
the creole lady and her charms
did catch me by surprise

creole lady why
creole lady why
creole lady why
did love have to die

both black and white and hot and cold
the dark enchantress in control
the noble neck slender and tall
she is the huntress after all

her quiet smile her knowing look
if you follow by the book
down to the land of glory then
along the Loire or by the Seine

with beauty fit to ornament
the mansions into we are sent
a thousand poems which we gave
to turn each of us to your slave

in a country of perfume
that was caressed by the sun
under a cloud of crimson trees
I knew I'd come undone

creole lady why
creole lady why
creole lady why
did love have to die

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