Dearest Esmeralda in another age

Antiques would be modern

We would be the rage

Silk would be in fashion

We would dress in lace

Love would be the passion

And the saving grace



I slept one rainy night with you in Paris

Made up for a thousand wasted years

Dearest Esmeralda you are ma-gic

I close my eyes and you make love appear



Dancing in the shimmer

Of a crystal chandelier

Shadows singing so low

Only we could he-ar

Moving to the glimmer

Shaking to the storm

Outside it was raging

But inside it was warm



We said goodnight in the candlelight and thunder

Now I wake and find you're never there

I'm becoming old enough to won-der

Happy that I'm still too young to care



Masterpieces crumble

Empires tumble down

Refugees and fantasies go underground

Romance lasts forever

Love don't fade away

They may take our future

But they can't stop yesterday



Cause somewhere in the cloudy skies of Paris

We were part of some artists design

Dearest Esmeralda you are magic

In the gray around me how you shine

Oooh, how you shine!