A perfect thing
A perfect thing

I reached and held a perfect thing
I looked away as it took wing
And now I feel the angels swing
A frozen tear on a broken string
I had and lost the perfect thing

We had our time in desert snow
It melted when the hot winds blow
Made sand from shining water fans
Grew cactus flowers from barren lands

This thing I had and now misplaced
I looked away and saw my face
Black diamond eyes hung in the air
A fateful taxi took the fare
I called I cried, the cold wind blew
In cloudless skies a goodbye flew
On broken wings it crashed and bled
The sand soaked up the words unsaid

I reached and held a perfect thing
I looked away as it took wing
And now I feel an angels swing
A frozen tear on a broken string
I had and lost the perfect thing

I reached, it fell, I lost I cry
Now staring at a moonless sky
No mirrors now, no diamond face
No cactus flowers, no heart to race

I see you through the water now
With light reflected on new snow
Snow to water, clouds to tears
Rock to sand and love to fear

I reached and touched a perfect thing
I looked away and it took wing
And now I play my broken string
The angels watch but do not sing
I had and lost the perfect thing