Paul Sachs: MUSIC and ViDEO
Henry
(Paul Sachs)
February 10, 1999
Paul Sachs © 1999 ASCAP
Henry meet me down by the East River
I'm counting all the times when we could have died
When we lost all our fears and started the fires on the Lower East Side
Henry meet me down by the East River
I'm warmer than ever and under the sun
let me lick all your tears my old friend from nowhere
I need someone
Let me build you an airplane from broken homes
we can fly away over the churches
Where everything holy's been Misunderstood
my phantom friend from the old neighborhood
Do I exist are you imagining me or am I imagining you
king of the orphans in fools reverie
there are drugs to pull me through
into worlds I never knew
I'm just a blade of grass
letting the seasons pass
all my lonley life
Henry meet me down by the East River
The FDR drive whispers your name
And the falling of waves by this old brittle boathouse
are all the same
Henry I'm tired and the waiting is over
but the lights on the river from Brooklyn still shine
and the tugboats are pulling the barges of waste down a midnight line
Let me build you an airplane from broken homes
we can fly away over the churches
Where everything holys' been misunderstood
my phantom friend from the old neighborhood