Reading Days Songtext
von Henry Jamison

On the fainting couch
That′s Monica flare for the dramatic oh, so it goes
And in the kitchen there, that's Leonore
Who I adore
Whether I should or not well I don′t know

And reading the Marquise of O
On the balcony, that's me


Walking in the garden, with
Penelope she says "you may kiss me now
No one will see"
I say "my heart is another's
And that makes me free
Besides I have a hard-won
Faith in the eternal Sophie

You think I′d just throw it away, for a little TLC?"

And reading the Answer to
Job has been good for me

I was just a narcissist, a solipsist
A fantasist in that old house down by the sea

And reading the Marquise of O
On the balcony, that′s me