Birds of Paradise (Live in Santa Monica, Sept. 1981)-Pretenders

[00:00.000]I wrote a letter to you my friend [00:25.297]So many letters that I never send [00:33.822]I think about you at the day's end [00:42.471]The time that we had [00:46.001]I laughed in my bed [00:51.944]The stupid things you said [00:54.924]We were two birds of paradise [01:05.718]When I was a little girl [01:11.850]With clay horses and lambs on the shelf [01:16.405]I caught frogs in ditches and listened for elves [01:25.462]My friends and I had a world unto ourselves [01:33.677]No grownups could find us when we [01:39.062]Made our plans so secretly [01:43.002]To run away and fly to be [01:46.755]With the two birds of paradise [01:59.150]Now once upon a time my mind still there wanders [02:08.622]Back in the room the things I remember [02:16.618]One time when we took off our clothes [02:21.259]But you were cryin', cryin' [02:25.428]You said nothing lasts forever [02:30.609]We were happy together [02:34.640]I thought about you in Stockholm and Rome [02:42.843]Me in my hotel room, you in your home [02:52.113]This is the life they say that dreams are made of [03:01.766]Don't forget, please do forgive me [03:05.931]I still have something you did give me [03:09.923]Come into my dreams along with me and dream [03:16.832]Please don't forget, do forgive me [03:40.346]I still have something you did give me [03:43.955]Come into my dreams along with me and dream [03:50.069]Oh dream of paradise