Once upon the Seas of Abyssinia 

A cultured man with rings 

Within his ear-lobes 

Locked the door 

From which the sun arose 

A man at noon 

With shadows on his cheek bone 

Singed for sleep 

To use him as a pillow 

His robes of chintz were melting 

In the snows 



The stars with eyes 

Embedded in his footprints 

Wept sweet words 

From his remembered childhood 

Poets of the skies 

Look long and hard 



Once upon the Seas of Abyssinia 

A cultured man with rings 

Within his ear-lobes 

Locked the door 

From which the sun arose 



La, la, la, la, da, da, da, da, la, la, la, la.... 



(repeat til fade)