Interpret:

John Denver

Album:

I Want To Live

Dearest Esmeralda, in another age 
 Antiques would be modern 
 We would be the rage 
 Silk would be in fashion 
 We would dress in lace 
 Love would be the passion 
 And the saving grace 
 I slept one rainy night with you in Paris 
 Made up for a thousand wasted years 
 Dearest Esmeralda you are magic 
 I close my eyes and you make love appear 
 Dancing in the shimmer 
 Of a crystal chandelier 
 Shadows singing so low 
 Only we could hear 
 Moving to the glimmer 
 Shaking to the storm 
 Outside it was raging 
 But inside it was warm 
 We said goodnight in the candlelight and thunder 
 Now I wake and find you're never there 
 I'm becoming old enough to wonder 
 Happy that I'm still too young to care 
 Masterpieces crumble 
 Empires tumble down 
 Refugees and fantasies go underground 
 Romance lasts forever 
 Love don't fade away 
 They may take our future 
 But they can't stop yesterday 
 Cause somewhere in the cloudy skies of Paris 
 We were part of some artists design 
 Dearest Esmeralda you are magic 
 In the gray around me how you shine 
 Oh, how you shine!