Kashka From Baghdad

Kashka From Baghdad

Kashka from Baghdad
Lives in sin, they say,
With another man,
But no one knows who

Old friends never call there
Some wonder if life's
Inside at all
If there's life inside at all

But we know the lady who rents the room.
She catches them calling a la lune

At night
They're seen
Laughing,
Loving.
They know
The way
To be
Happy

They never go for walks
Maybe it's because
The moon's not bright enough
There's light in love, you see

I watch their shadows,
Tall and slim,
In the window opposite
I long to be with them

'Cause when all the alley-cats come out,
I can hear music from Kashka's house

At night
They're seen
Laughing,
Loving
They know
The way
To be
Happy

"Watching every night
Don't you know they're seen?
Won't you let me laugh?
Let me in your love