[Verse 1]
You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever
But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun
And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids
And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses
How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing
For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips
And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise
And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea
And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body
Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind
[Chorus]
The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter
[Verse 2]
Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell
And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands
With tales of brave Ulysses; how his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing
[Chorus]
The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter
You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever
But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun
And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids
And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses
How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing
For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips
And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise
And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea
And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body
Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind
[Chorus]
The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter
[Verse 2]
Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell
And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands
With tales of brave Ulysses; how his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing
[Chorus]
The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter
Crossroads
- Bernard Jenkins
- Tell The Truth
- Comin’ Home
- Sleeping In The Ground
- Can’t Find My Way Home
- Presence Of The Lord
- Badge
- White Room
- Anyone For Tennis
- Tales Of Brave Ulysses
- Sunshine Of Your Love
- Strange Brew
- Lawdy Mama
- Spoonful
- I Feel Free
- Wrapping Paper
- Roll It Over
- Mean Old World
- Crossroads (live at Winterland)
- Steppin’ Out
- Lonely Years
- Wanna Make Love To You
- Too Bad
- Heaven Is One Step Away
- Further On Up The Road
- Someone Like You
- Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
- Whatcha Gonna Do
- I Found A Love
- Ain’t That Lovin’ You
- One More Chance
- Evil
- Got To Get Better In A Little While
- Have You Ever Loved A Woman
- Ramblin’ on My Mind
- All Your Love
- Mean Old Frisco
- Double Trouble
- Hello Old Friend
- Sign Language
- Let It Grow
- I Shot the Sheriff
- The Sky Is Crying
- Better Make It Through Today
- Motherless Children
- Let It Rain
- Blues Power
- After Midnight
- Wonderful Tonight
- Lay Down Sally
- Layla
- If I Don’t Be There By Morning
- Promises
- Lonely Years
- For Your Love
- I Ain’t Got You
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- A Certain Girl
- I Wish You Would
- Baby What’s Wrong
- Key To The Highway
- (When Things Go Wrong) It Hurts Me Too
- Miss You
- Honey In Your Hips
- Boom Boom
- She’s Waiting
- The Shape You’re In
- I Can’t Stand It
- Cocaine
- Crossroads (1988)
- Tears In Heaven
- Cocaine
- Wonderful Tonight
- Layla (Acoustic Live)
- Change the World
- I Shot the Sheriff
- Stand and Deliver
- My Father’s Eyes
- Let It Rain
- Lay Down Sally
- Let It Grow
- Old Love
- Layla (unplugged)
- Promises
- Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out (Acoustic Live)
- Before You Accuse Me
- Have You Ever Loved A Woman
- Little Wing
- Magnolia
- Circus
- Crossroads
- It’s in the Way That You Use It
- Pretending
- Get Lost (David Morales radio edit)