Approaching Lavender Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

If you'd like to spend the afternoon approaching Lavender 

You'll feel just fine but one thing's sure 

You'll never be the same 

If you'd like to try your hand at understanding Lavender 

Then you must be very sure 

That life is not a game 

You might even learn a thing or two approaching Lavender 

You'll soon be on a one night tour 

Forgetting your own name 

You won't need a reason just to be alone with Lavender 

For the light so warm and pure 

Will draw you like a flame 

The colors that surround you there will be the shade of Lavender 

Shadows dancing everywhere 

Like flowers in the rain 

You will find your tongue's on fire while lying next to Lavender 

With words you never spoke before 

And will not speak again 

Oh sweet Lavender, I understand you perfectly 

There is no way that I can see 

You living by yourself 

Oh sweet Lavender, I must be with you constantly 

Your presence means so much to me 

Much more that life itself 

Oh sweet Lavender, as fragrant as the name you bear 

Please cast away the clothes you wear 

And give your love to me 

Oh sweet Lavender, your smile is like the golden sun 

I'd love to see you laugh and run 

As naked as the sea 

If you'd like to spend the afternoon approaching Lavender 

Don't try and get the best of her 

She will not share the blame 

If you'd like to try your hand at understanding Lavender 

Then you must be very sure 

That life is not a game 

There is no shame