The Bridge Lyrics - Scott 2 - Scott Walker

I've watched her from the river banks 

I knew her when she danced with dreams 

White doves were there to dress her hair 

And so was Madelaine 

At night the people's faces danced 

Like pearls colliding on the breast 

Of fat Marie whose thunder laugh 

Was just a thread from crying 

Her sailors stained her cobblestones 

With wine and piss and death desire 

And sometimes blood for Madelaine 

Whose laughter was the night 

Her girls would lift their dresses high 

And breathe the stars and kiss the sky 

She'd smother them with whispers then 

Embrace them with her sighs 

Before the bottle dulled my eyes 

And made me so I couldn't stand 

I'd overact and play the clown 

When Madelaine would cry 

And now I watch from riverbanks 

I watch it weave it's memories 

White doves turned gray and flew away 

And so did Madelaine