Lavender

Mauve cravat and corduroy jeans

Well we all know what that means

A halo of curls

For Satyricon girls

Our Lady of the flowers

Grows shadier by the hours

Lady Stardust, Judy Teen

In your own Moonage Daydream

Blusher smeared across your cheeks

Kohl that stayed around for weeks

Smudged on your eyes

A Biba disguise

Maybelline in shades of green

Coloured up your teenage scene

Light of fot and limp of knees

In the 1970's

Last night's panstick

On yesterday's grime

You displayed all bruises

While I covered all mine

Elusive mercurial

Effeminate ethereal

They whisper you swish by

Your eyes up to the sky

Lavender, lavender

He's got a touch of lavender

Lilac and lavender

Lavender

Heartache Noir leaving a scar

Exploring all the shades to be

Through life's black and white TV

St. Dirk of Bogarde

Showed you what to discard

So you splashed on some Brut

And lowered your voice

When Charlie was really your choice

Last nights Lurex gave yesterday shine

You held on to your sparkle

While I lost all mine

Those long drunken nights

With the misfits and rebels

Playing the angel

While slepping with devils

Lavender, lavender

He's got a touch of lavender

Lilac and lavender

Lavender

And this is the part

Where you'd get beaten up

But you're saved by a quip

And a whole lot of luck

Frankie and Charlie have gone

Now Larry and Kenny

Once they all had a beard

Sadly now don't have any

Last night's indiscretion

Was yesterday's crime

You stayed true to yourself

But I was poisoned by my time

Elusive mercurial

Piss-elegant ephemeral

They whisper you swish by

Your eyes up to the sky

The renters on the 'Dilly

In their fake leather jackets

Say she's 'ere on the meat rack

Knowing all of the rackets

Where everything's gift wrapped

And coming in packets

Just a knock on the door to some

Club where no need to say more

Lavender, lavender

He's got a touch of lavender

Lilac and lavender

Lavender

So much there's not to say

You don't have to anyway