Madame George - Live - Montreux Jazz Festival 1995

For the man

Hope you like it, dear
Haven't quite got the words yet, but nearly

Down on Cyprus Avenue
Childlike visions leaping into view
The clicking, clacking of the high-heeled shoe
Ford and Fitzroy, Madame George
Marching with the soldier boy behind
He much older now, with hat on, drinking wine
And that smell of sweet perfume comes drifting through
Early, cool night air like Shalimar

Outside they're making all the stops
Kids out in the street collecting bottle-tops
Gone for cigarettes and matches in the shops
Happy thing, Madame George
Ah, that's when you fall
Oh, that's when you fall
Oh, that's when you fall

When you fall into a trance
Sitting on a sofa playing games of chance
With your folded arms and history books
You glance into the eyes of Madame George

Like snow, the frosty window raps
She jumps up and says, "Lord, I think that it's the cops"
And immediately drops everything she got
Down into the street below

Like you think you've got it made
You're getting weak, and your knees begin to sag
In the corner playing dominoes in drag
The one and only Madame George

And you know you gotta go
On that train from Dublin up to Sandy Row
Throwing pennies at the bridges down below
And the rain, hail, sleet, and snow

Say goodbye to Madame George
Dry your eyes for Madame George
Wonder why for Madame George

And immediately, you hear the spell of music
Laughing music, dancing music, all around the room
And all the little boys come around, walking away from it all
So cool

And you're about to leave
She jumps up and says, "Hey love, you forgot your glove"
And she loves to love, she loves to love, she loves to love
She loves, she loves to love, she loves to love
She loves to love, she loves, she loves to love

Say goodbye to Madame George
Wonder why for Madame George
Cry your eye for Madame George

In the wind and the rain
And the backsytreet, in the backstreet, in the backstreet, in the backstreet
In the backstreet
Say goodbye to Madame George
Cry your eyes for Madame George
Wonder why for Madame George

Thank you
Hope you liked it, Van
For you, my dear
Okay