Palaces Of Montezuma

[Verso 1]


A 
Psychedelic invocations 
E 
Of Mata Hari at the station 
B 
I give to you 

A 
A Java princess of Hindu Birth 
E 
A woman of flesh a child of earth 
B 
I give to you 

A 
The hanging gardens of Babylon 
E 
Miles Davis the black unicorn 
B 
I give to you 

A 
The Palaces of Montezuma 
E 
And the Gardens of Akbar's tomb 
B 
I give to you 

A 
The spider Goddess and the Needle Boy 
E 
The slave-dwarves they employ 
B 
I give to you 

A 
A custard-coloured super-dream 
E 
Of Ali McGraw and Steve McQueen 
B 
I give to you 


[Refrão]


A     E                          B 
C'mon baby, let's get out of the cold 
A                                  E                 B 
And give me, give me, give me your precious love for me to hold 


[Verso 2]


A 
The epic of Gilgamesh 
E 
A pretty little black A-line dress 
B 
I give to you 

A 
The spinal cord of JFK 
E 
Wrapped in Marilyn Monroe's negligee 
B 
I give to you 

A 
I want nothing in return 
E 
Just the softest little breathless word 
B 
I ask of you 

A 
A word contained in a grain of sand 
E 
That can barely walk can't even stand 
B 
I ask of you 


[Refrão]


A     E                          B 
C'mon baby, let's get out of the cold 
A                                  E                 B 
And give me, give me, give me your precious love for me to hold 

A     E                          B 
C'mon baby, let's get out of the cold 
A                                  E                 B 
And give me, give me, give me your precious love for me to hold