Sweets For Alexandra

I rose up early to find you

In your small kinda cracking home

To find you all wrapped up in your blanket

Hiding your face under it

I understand why

Little girl you take your time

Then you peer peep – bo

Sure I’ve never seen eyes like yours

You give me a smile

And I give you a wink

You are acting stand – offish

Hush that’s all right

Little girl you take your time

I know you think I am just another passer – by

Bringing sweets

Taking tears with me

But that’s all right

Little girl you take your time

Know your mother well

Everybody knows she was all in blues

Now just screwed

No more jam dough nut

No more sparkles in her eyes

No more jam dough nut

No more Renate

You don’t need to like me but I heard of your birth

At the squalid home by the river

Hush I’ll pretend I don’t know

You don’t need to like me

Girl I like you

You take your time

Got your mother on my tape

Pressing play and she’s okay

She fed me with hers she used to bake

I am bringing you some back and you’ll never take

Hush that’s all right

Little girl you take your time

I know you think I am just another passer – by

Bringing sweets

Taking tears with me

Honey I know you love your dad

But a strange wish this morning came to me

Guess I could eat him

Hush I’ll leave them to you

And take the tears with me instead

Hush that’s all right

Little girl you take your time

I know you think I am just another passer – by

Bringing sweets

Taking tears with me