Mandarin Oranges

Intro: verse 1 At a table in Juarez a woman named Dolores is drinking I see the tear in her eye and I like to pretend what she's thinking She's dreaming of Goimar and a cottage for two by the sea And mandarin oranges and Mexican lemongrass tea verse 2 I married Dolores twenty-one years ago, Sunday And Dolores she left me twenty-one years ago, Monday I remember the laughter and the last midnight feast by the sea Of mandarin oranges and Mexican lemongrass tea Bridge And I think of her often, my friends ask what she means to me I say, mandarin oranges and Mexican lemongrass tea Interlude verse 3 Back here in Juarez, I work at my job, waiting tables And I long to go speak to her, somehow I don't think I'm able But afraid she will know me as I ask her, what shall it be She smiles, mandarin oranges and Mexican lemongrass tea Bridge We should return to Goimar and the cottage for two by the sea And the mandarin oranges and Mexican lemongrass tea Outro