European Blues

In the empty rooms of vanished millionaires,

how I long to pass days there.

From the plants that creep through the long dried fountains,

I learn the way that time renews.

I’ve come to find my delight in ruins;

In magnificent wastelands covered in blooms.

Indeed I’m the King of this forgotten mountain,

on my own forgotten pleasure cruise.

Lord I’ve got those damn European Blues.

Stronger with every year I pass,

the European Blues have got me at last.

And I’ll never try to shake ‘em.