In memory of Sergey
Unforgettable rain / night washes my eyes / crowds of clouds are hanging so close / sleep, my son /
Stay as long as you can / in your fairy toy world / lace of your dreams protecting us both / sleep, my son /
Snow castle’s forbidden / fire caresses the trees / memories drift out of our dreams / sleep, my son /
Too much treasure from the past – all the keys to the future / I put my lips to the only one / sleep, my son /
Long night – little island of peace / Long night – endless ride in the moonlight / Long night – magic party for two / bring us closer, me and you......
I like my loneliness in the crowd / I close my eyes / rain tears drop on the keys of my old piano / the same sound, strange accent......
One question—many answers / I carefully keep silent / my will is drowned under a heavy stone at the bottom of a lonely well /
Life with you / life by myself / how can I compare? / I pack my bag and go away / hoping to find you somewhere......
Don't be afraid, hold my hand / you will forget what I can't / why of all God chose you? / my little partner / my only you......
No, tsarevich, I am not the one you want me to be / and no longer my lips thirst for kiss—they prophesy / leave me to loneliness / go home and forget we ever met / as for your sin, my darling, I will answer to the Lord for it......
Golden memories swept through my heart / a sudden burst of spring in the late autumn air / after the ages of separation - you are a dream / as beautiful as ever / my soul sings with love / Alive......
Autumn evening / cruel destiny's ship carries away familiar smile and tears / the oath of love / lured by lust, blinded by loneliness, thrown into the snow of melancholy—don't forget our love......
For the shores of the far away land you were leaving / time froze in sadness / my tears, my moans of pain begged you to stay / but you pulled your lips from a bitter kiss / not in gloomy exile, but under the ever blue skies, in the shadow of olive tress you vowed to rejoin my kiss......
Don't leave / stay with me / for my kisses to drown your lips / for my caress to burn your skin / for the ecstasy of love to make us one......
Dedicated to Mata Hari
Night falls on the ghost town / the streets are dark and desolate / a slender woman at the corner / the moonlight carves her silhouette / A butterfly? A double spy? You make your bet /
She's a huntress in the night / living life in black and white / her win will always be your loss / she's on a path you dare not cross / Nightmare alley of despair / mournful as the evening prayer / a lonely tower of fear / that doesn't let nobody near /
Night falls on the ghost town / the silence echoes like a threat / she pulls a gun from her silk stocking / and throws down her cigarette / A butterfly? A double spy? You make your bet /
She's a mistress of deceit / before you know you're at her feet / she steels your money and your heart / she's like a fine work of art / A secret alley of desire / that takes you higher, higher, higher / until her scarlet kiss of death / takes away your final breath /
Femme fatale / you live your life with no cliches / femme fatale / they call you Sunshine of the Day / Oh femme fatale / that breed of horses and men / foul, wicked, unworthy / whip and ride 'em again and again and again
For history's most famous and infamous women!
The idea of Secret Lives of Women was conceived when I stood at the Place de L'Alma in Paris, just a few meters away from the site of Princess Diana's fatal crash. I thought of all of my heroines—branded by 'male' history as femme fatales—and I knew that I should try to give them voice. So they could reveal the intimate matters of their hearts. So they could stand up for their lost causes. And, maybe this time, win.
Sappho
Cleopatra
Anne Boleyn
Sarah Bernhardt
Mata Hari
Princess Diana
Beautiful, independent, ahead of their times, their turbulent lives filled with ambitions, perilous romances and ultimate calamities.
Dedicated to Princess Diana
I won my sweetest prize / your irresistible lies / blue like the morning skies / your irresistible lies/
At times they sounded wise / your irresistible lies / like water on a rise / your irresistible lies /
Why did I play so hard / a game that left me scarred / Oh, how I despise / your irresistible lies /
You placed me on a throne / an left me all alone / a foolish queen’s demise / your irresistible lies /
Deceptive and profound / that only lies can sound / a weapon of desire / burnt in the passion’s fire /
Why did I play so hard / a game that left me scarred / Oh, how I despise / your irresistible lies /
Oh, how I despise / your irresistible lies /
A prince was bathing his horse in the sea when he heard a tender whisper: "Prince, glance at me.
I'm a sea princess, a king's lonely child.
Do you desire to lie in my arms?"
Out of the sea comes a hand white as milk / a maid's head emerges—hair entwined with seaweed / sapphire eyes gleam with love /
A sea veil fails to conceal her green scaly tail /
You're just a cloud passing through my sky / never getting close, never holding tight / you're just a dream haunting through the night / never feeling real, never being mine /
You're just the wind rushing through my heart / never getting close, never holding tight / you're just a song spinning in my head / never letting go, never feeling right /
Wish I could say - dont' lie any more / wish I could stay away / wish I could be so strong /
I'll be yours forever / waiting for the night / hiding my tears / holding you tight /
I'll be yours forever / counting the stars / till you look into my eyes / till you come to realize / I'm your only love /
Dedicated to Anne Boleyn
My tears dry before they shed / I am about to lose my head / the stone is cold, my hands are tied / I'm on my knees, stripped of pride /
They piled my sins against the wall / raised me high only to see me fall / my man's upstairs with his new flame / and I'm the one to take the blame /
I won my claim to fame / Love is a Touch 'N' Go Game / I cried, you never came cause love / Love is a Touch 'N' Go Game /
When you came first, begging to stay / I left you hanging in disarray / locked all the doors / you stole the key / and drawn inside my eyes, my soul, all over me /
Got me drunk on purple pride / and treated like your royal bride / took me to the promised Land / but when I lost, gave in, went blind / you changed your mind /
You kicked me to the curb of hell / to cast away my wicked spell / and here it is, the final chord / I'm on the block, you hold the sward /
I won my claim to fame / Love is a Touch 'N' Go Game / I cried, you never came cause love / Love is a Touch 'N' Go Game /
Flower in the snow / in the morning glow / innocent and silent for ages /
Flower in the snow / where the winds blow / a burning candle for dreamers /
Time has come for her to show / we’ve had enough of the back row / she is one of us / she is just one of us /
Universal Woman / Universal Woman / bring your heart / bring your voice / bring your love / our world is broken /
They say they know / she’ll melt with the snow / just one of those fancy flowers /
They say they know / as she’s come she’ll go / a burnt out candle for dreamers /
That’s what they say but they don’t know / she’s here to stay, she’ll never go / she is one of us / she is just one of us /
Universal Woman / Universal Woman / bring your heart / bring your voice / bring your love / our world is broken /
Flower in the snow / in the morning glow / Universal Woman /
Dedicated to Peggy Lee
You and I / Alone in the night / Dancing to the rhythm of love shining so bright / I can't take my eyes off you / Tell me, darling, if it's true / The skies smile from high above / I'm in love /
You and I / The sadness is gone / I'll be making love to you till the morning sun / If you break my heart again / I will blame it on the rain / Coming from high above / I'm in love /
You and I / Taking a chance / That this restless summer night keeps our fine romance / When you're near me or far / Like an evanescent star / smiling from high above / I'm in love /
