Lights of Taormina - Mark Knopfler There's laughter in the darkness
Music floating in across the bay
He's half listening and wondering
How he could have let her slip away
So long ago but still he wants to know
If anyone has seen her
And he's sitting out in the night Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
They were young and love was shining
Like the colours of the rainbow
Desire felt like choking Love was smoking under the volcano
He can still taste her kisses
Sweet as the red wine from Messina
Now he's sitting out in the night Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
Seems like another lifetime When they rambled along the shore
Seems like another lifetime She used to call him her sweet senor Maybe in another lifetime On a pathway to the sea
Maybe there they'll be
The crowd calls for the emperor Raise their hands to hail another king
But he's been so long a wanderer Another crowd can never mean a thing
He came he saw he conquered Ten thousand voices roared in the arena
Now he's sitting out in the night Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
He hears the chimes of history Myths of gods and men forever ringing
Ancient dreams in all their mystery Wars for Sicily and Spartan women
In the mists of antiquity
Ships of war set sail from Carthagina
Now he's sitting out in the night Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
Sitting out in the night Looking down upon the lights of Taormina
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