I lost myself on a cool damp night
                                       I gave myself in that misty light
                                       Was hypnotized by a strange delight
                                       Under a lilac tree









                                     I made wine from the lilac tree
                                     Put my heart in its recipe
                                     It makes me see 
                                     what I want to see 
                                     may be better to say "What I wanted to see"
                                     and be what I want to be
                                     When I think more than I want to think
                                     I do things I never should do
                                     I drink much more than I ought to drink
                                     Because it brings me back you...













                                 Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love
                                 Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love
                                 Listen to me...


James Alan Shelton (1950)













 Dear Friend,
pause and smell the lilac,
inhale and smile ...
for 
It won't last long.








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