Indian Dreams

That Bombay girl with turquoise eyes

She left me reeling in surprise

I never thought it could be true

An angel’s face with eyes so blue.

Indian dreams Indian dreams

Few things are ever what they seem

Left floating on a tidal stream

My mind is filled by Indian dreams.

That Delhi girl’s were chestnut brown

The deepest wells I thought I’d drown

I’d never seen eyes to compare

Until that night in Moonlight Square.

Indian dreams Indian dreams

Invade my thoughts with silent screams

They tantalise me on the screen

My head’s a mess of Indian dreams.

That Goan girl upon the beach

So full of life yet out of reach

But then our eyes met and I knew

What tiger’s eyes can do to you.

Indian dreams Indian dreams

Few things are ever what they seem

Left floating on a tidal stream

My mind is filled by Indian dreams.

That Tamil girl’s eyes dressed in kohl

I felt them bore into my soul

They raised me up to fly again

Was I the luckiest of men?

Indian dreams Indian dreams

Invade my thoughts with silent screams

They tantalise me on the screen

My head’s a mess of Indian dreams.

That Cochin girl I can’t forget

She made me cry she made me sweat

Yet not throughout that fateful day

Did I allow my eyes to stray.

Indian dreams Indian dreams

Few things are ever what they seem

Left floating on a tidal stream

My mind is filled by Indian dreams.

In Rajasthan I had a fling

A village girl who made me sing

While on the hilltops rose a flame

A murmur of my ancient name.

Indian dreams Indian dreams

Invade my thoughts with silent screams

They tantalise me on the screen

My head’s a mess of Indian dreams.

A humble girl accosted me

She mopped my brow to make me see

That all the eyes I’d known before

Had gently steered me to her door.

Indian dreams Indian dreams

Few things are ever what they seem

Left floating on a tidal stream

My mind is filled by Indian dreams.