Alexandra Leaving

F                            Dm
Suddenly the night has grown colder.
C                  Bb     C    F
The god of love preparing to depart.
                         Dm
Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder,
Bb                             C      F
They slip between the sentries of the heart.

  Am7                         Bb
Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure,
Gm                                     C
They gain the light, they formlessly entwine
F                              Dm
And radiant beyond your widest measure
Bb                         C       F
They fall among the voices and the wine.

           Bb          C            Dm
It's not a trick, your senses all deceiving,
         Bb                        C
A fitful dream, the morning will exhaust
        F      Dm        Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
                    C         F
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.

F                                Dm
Even though she sleeps upon your satin
C               Bb        C      F
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
                           Dm
Do not say the moment was imagined
Bb                    C         F
Do not stoop to strategies like this.

Am7                                  Bb
As someone long prepared for this to happen,
Gm                                C
Go firmly to the window. Drink it in.

          F                Dm
Exquisite music. Alexandra laughing.
Bb                          C   F
Your first commitments tangible again.

            Bb      C            Dm
And you who had the honor of her evening,
           Bb                    C
And by the honor had your own restored
        F      Dm        Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
          C              F
Alexandra leaving with her lord.

                Bb      C        Dm
Even though she sleeps upon your satin
                Bb        C      Dm
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
               Bb     C    Dm
Do not say the moment was imagined
                Bb              C
Do not stoop to strategies like this.

F                                  Dm
As someone long prepared for the occasion
C                  Bb    C        F
In full command of every plan you wrecked
                              Dm
Do not choose a coward's explanation
Bb                              C     F
that hides behind the cause and the effect.

            Bb     C             Dm
And you who were bewildered by a meaning
               Bb                 C
Whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed
        F      Dm        Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
                    C         F
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.
               Dm        Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
                    C         F
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.

• Am7
• Bb
• C
• Dm
• F
• Gm