CREAM

I rather like many of the old rock bands my dad really likes... such as Yes, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and so on. Its probably because I have been listening to them since I was born, or maybe its just because they are good. I listen to a old Cream tape in my car when my cassette player is cooperating. Anyway, I really love the lyrics to "Tales of Brave Ulysses" (as well as the song), I think they are just fantastic, though the song can make you want to do drugs. I've included the lyrics and a video.

"Tales of Brave Ulysses"- Cream
You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever,
But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun.

And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids,
And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave ulysses:
How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing,
For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips.

And you see a girls brown body dancing through the turquoise,
And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea.
And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body,
Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind.

The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter.

Her name is aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell,
And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands
With tales of brave ulysses; how his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing.

The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter