[Verse 1 Bret Jemaine] I was wandering through the streets of the city Rambling through the avenues of time When from nowhere my eyes fell onto a girl And by chance, her eyes fell onto mine [Verse 2 Bret Jemaine] So I sat and I acted all nonchalant She smoked her lavender cigarette Reading the future that lay in my hands My shadow played a bass clarinet Where are you going with this, Bret? [Verse 3 Bret Jemaine] We waltzed down a moonlit boulevard Just two silhouettes in the mistOh, yes? Days went by and years went by Moments went by when we kissed When was this? [Verse 4 Bret Jemaine] She said, Your beard is woven of heartache And well drink for the lonely tonight. And the moon is a horny old drunkard Ah, Bret, could you please move over to your right? [Verse 5 Bret Jemaine] We drank dandelion wine and we reminisced About the moment when we first met that day Im trying to watch TV Then we reminisced about how we first reminisced Oh yeah? ...Sounds a bit gay. [Verse 6 Bret Jemaine] She handed me a broken memory A keepsake to forevermore say That a brief taste of love is as sweet as any And with that, she made her way Oh, yeah? What was her name? [Verse 7 Bret Jemaine] She said her name was a secret Then she said her name was Cherie Is her middle name Cherie? So its A Secret Cherie, maybe? Mmm, maybe What did she look like? [Verse 8 Bret Jemaine] She looked like a Parisian river What, dirty? She looked like a chocolate eclair Thats rare Her eyes were reflections of eyes Oh, nice And the rainbows danced in her hair Oh yeah.. [Verse 9 Bret Jemaine] She reminded me of a winters morning What, frigid? Her perfume was eau de toilette Whats that mean? She was comparable to Cleopatra Quite old? She was like Shakespeares Juliet Thirteen?! [Verse 10 Bret Jemaine] The bohemians of Soho did pirouettes As we waltzed through the streets of Manhattan On rivers of ribbon and sailboats of song Bret, did any of this actually happen? [Verse 11 Bret] The girl I described, shes as real as the wind Its true I saw her today The other details are inventions Because I prefer her that way
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