[00:00.000] Venezuela[00:04.508] Keren Ann / Dayna Kurtz[00:09.870] That was such a lovely dream[00:14.625] The streets were golden in the sun[00:20.910] I’ve never been to Venezuela[00:23.525] but my family was all there[00:26.466] and my mother looked so young[00:31.971] Venezuela looked like Brooklyn[00:37.703] Though the streets were twice as wide[00:43.625] Children spun around the trees[00:46.076] Little tops, little Sufis[00:49.484] Mamas smile from inside[00:55.711] Oh Fernando I’m so sorry[01:00.825] for the love you saved for me[01:06.939] but my heart is locked forever[01:12.495] in another lovely dream[01:18.610] He approached me like a prince[01:23.690] and said he’s loved me all his life[01:29.500] He said he knew that I’d come here[01:32.388] that he’s been waiting all these years[01:35.440] and I’m meant to be his wife[01:41.401] And my sister was so jealous[01:47.060] of the love he had for me[01:52.687] She left, stomping ’cross the square[01:55.683] Rigid arms, flying hair[01:58.601] Her skirt had many layers[02:01.193] and it bounced like Sandra Dee’s[02:06.999] Oh Fernando I’m so sorry[02:12.878] Whatever could I say[02:18.602] to a man I’ve never met[02:24.071] who’s the one who got away[02:30.094] I cried to see his heart so plainly[02:35.613] for he was such a formal man[02:41.252] Handed to me like a daisy[02:44.513] in the presence of my family[02:47.579] from his damp and shaking hands[02:53.359] I said - Fernando, I can’t stay here[02:58.949] and a clock began to chime[03:04.583] and I opened up my shirt[03:07.414] and in its bony cage[03:10.419] ticked a paper valentine[03:16.307] Oh Fernando I’m so sorry[03:21.823] for the love you saved for me[03:27.758] But my heart is locked forever[03:32.972] in another lovely dream