soft and restless you were in my arms
tearing my heart out with your wicked charms
of all the loves in this life I needed you most
shadows fell on the windows and I saw your ghost

chrysanthemum when you sleep at night
passion fires burn in gardens of delight
chrysanthemum you will always be
here inside my heart
and yet so far from me
(chrysanthemum)

take off your gown
watch the pretty petals falling...
falling down
flowers of romance never smelled so sweet
I knelt to kiss the ground around your feet

chrysanthemum when you sleep at night
passion fires burn in gardens of delight
chrysanthemum i will take you now
and wash the fatal kiss
from your troubled brow
(suppress the desire)

to hold you near
the summer's over and i want you here
eternity is waiting for your call
can't you see a death wish upon the wall

©Copyright Warren Mansfield. Dark Illusion Music, BMI. 1999.