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That was such a lovely dream
the streets were golden in the sun
I’d never been to Venezuela
but my family was all there
and my mother looked so young

Venezuela looked like Brooklyn
(though the streets were twice as wide)
Children spun around the trees
little tops, little sufis
Mamas smiled from inside

oh, Fernando, I’m so sorry
for the love you saved for me
but my heart is locked forever
in another lovely dream

He approached me like a prince
and said he’s loved me all his life
He said he knew that I’d come here
He’s been waiting all these years
that i’m meant to be his wife

And my sister was so jealous
of the love he had for me
She left, stomping ‘cross the square
rigid arms, flying hair
Her skirt had many layers
and it bounced like Sandra Dee’s

oh, Fernando, I’m so sorry
whatever could I say
to a man I’ve never met
who’s the one who got away

I cried to see his heart so plainly
(for he was such a formal man)
handed to me like a daisy
in the presence of my family
from his damp and shaking hands

I said Fernando, I can’t stay here
and a clock began to chime
And I opened up my shirt
and in its bony cage
ticked a paper valentine

oh, Fernando i’m so sorry
for the love you saved for me
but my heart is locked forever
in another lovely dream

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from Another Black Feather, released June 1, 2006

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Dayna Kurtz is the kind of artist who inspires wild-eyed zealotry among her fans, and there are 3 reasons for it: 1, she's an artist's artist, one whose whiskeyed, determined alto often earns her comparisons with Nina Simone; 2 while Europeans adore her, she's obscenely underappreciated in her own country; and 3, her songs straddle a difficult space between jazz, rock, and folk, & are pure poetry. ... more

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