Long Lost Rooms of Matisse

That blue day came and it stayed all night
Blue morning. Blue midnight.
The city fell and then you were gone.
What is love but a robin's song?

(1)

Ooo these days. These endless blue days.
They're perfect in their own way.
Perfect in their own way.

(2)

Ooo those days that come too soon.
Strange perfumes. Long lost rooms.
They're perfect in their own way.
Perfect in their own way.

(3)

Where does love go when love is gone?
To what war-torn city?
Ooo those blue days that stayed too long.
What is love but a robin's song?

(4)

1: Odalisque in Red Trousers / Henri Matisse, c. 1924-1925

2: The Red Room (Harmony in Red) / Henri Matisse, 1908

3: Seville Still Life / Henri Matisse, c. 1910-1911

4: My Room at the Beau-Rivage / Henri Matisse, 1918

Photo source: www.henri-matisse.net
'Strange Perfumes' lyrics by Laurie Anderson