Kevin Ayers drank a bottle of Pernod and drove me down a mountain

[Verse] Kevin Ayers drank a bottle of Pernod Told me tales of rains in Spain His hands on the wheel as the twilight fell But his eyes burned fierce Untamed [Verse 2] Down the shadowed folds of a mountain road The tires whispered to the dust He sang some song 'bout love and loss While the moon kept watch over us [Chorus] And I held my breath on the serpent's edge Each curve a promise Sharp and tight His laughter rose like a cannonball Slicing the fabric of the night [Bridge] The pine trees whispered secrets dark The stars were holes in a velvet skin He took his risks like a painter's hand So delicate Yet reckless within [Verse 3] Kevin Ayers poured his soul in the glass A life so vivid it burned the seams He said "This mountain don't frighten me " With words that echoed in my dreams [Chorus] And I held my breath on the serpent's edge Each curve a promise Sharp and tight His laughter rose like a cannonball Slicing the fabric of the night