Riverside Breezes

Riverside Breezes

Written by Jonathan Henderson 
January 14, 2014 @ 3:00 AM EST

Riverside breezes,
Please carry me away!

Lo'! How I do beg of you!
 And home to a land bereft

Of misery and despair.

The lady and I shall ride 
'Round in my gondola
 O' the heart down the lanes
 O' Venetian boulevards;

 And amid beached sands,
 The Californ' Dream guides
 Us to our new home; and O'!

 How I do love her so!; and
 O'! How I do love her so! 

'Tis Nature's accord always
 To mingle!; Let there never
 Be another moment we are
 To spend apart writhing amid 

The daggers Mephistopheles
 Have 'pon us wrought!

A wondrous piece
 O' pleasure amid

Her billowed, fluffy clouds,
 My lady and I in love, 
Always hand-in-hand,
 We shall sail unto the stars
 As two seagulls intertwined
 Gliding 'cross the ring 
O' fiery, majestic Pacific
 Skies till we are to find
The gem as we gondoliers
 Row within our sea o' green;
 And should we choose to
 Meander from that path
 Blazed, then consumed
 O' our tears amid sinful
 Hollywood lights; unfortunately
 Die amid the artisans' brights,

I see no other recourse than
 We hand-in-hand tame our
 Languid souls: two lovers
 Encamped amid her rocky
 Californ' Pacific shores: 
My dreams and yours!