Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp Lyrics - Laura Nyro

Market in the cool white mornin' 

Merchants sell while women buy 

Milk, tobacco, soap and matches 

Sweep the floor 

While the dishes dry 

Spring whispered in her ear 

Like soft Mediterranean wailin' 

Sleepy woman by the window 

Dreamin' in the morning air 

Of the one who takes her sweetness 

By a chinese lamp upstairs 

The steam of china tea 

You could hear the woman sing 

In the soft flames of spring 

Spring has swept the scarlet side streets 

Winds caress, undress, invite 

Upstairs by a china lamp 

They softly talk in the cool spring night