Down from Helsinki
Late night walks on
The beach of the Gulf
Of Bothnia Sea Me And
My Baby although the
Sky is starless and there
Is a strong breeze from?
Out of the south coming
Quickly we are lost in
The moment we are lost
In ecstasy holding you
Holding me, kissing you
Kissing me with great
Intensity tonight down
From Vaasa oooh Me And
My Baby lightning flashes
All around us but pressed
Together our hearts beat
Louder than the thunder
As our desire burns out
Of control...well the rain
Begins to fall but it can't
Put out this fire raging
Inside you and me with
Such great intensity
Tonight down from Helsinki
In the breeze of the Baltic
Sea just Me and My Baby
Me and My Baby.
Sometimes music
takes you away
a few bars of Sebelius
cuts through the clutter of
school lunch preparation.
and I'm in the fiords
the soul home
I've never seen.
I know little of Finland
and first met Matti
at a meeting in Dallas
where he a two day visitor
argued with the cabby
over the best way downtown.
When we arrived,
he gave an excellent tour
of the corner
where JFK ended.
Later, another meeting.
this time in Wisconsin
as we shared our duty free.
he spoke of his son's summer job
folk dancing on a ferry
crossing the Gulf of Bothnia.
Running the next morning
in the cold spring air
I realized
the big flat winged raptor
high overhead
was an eagle.
Chatting with our four year-old
he explains
that although Godzilla
is a boy's name
she laid eggs
one remains
and do I know
what attack means?
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