Alchemy - Joe Jackson

Red velvet curtains

Open noiselessy

Lovers and children

Strain their necks to see

A figure in the dark

Now almost revealed

A swirl of velvet cloak

And now he’s disappeared

Alchemy

Close up on the lips

Shiny shiny red

Whispering

What was that she said?

A lightning flash

A sudden silhouette

«Who's there?" — «A friend»

A glowing cigarette

Alchemy

Thrill — to secrets never told

Taste — the bitter turned to sweet

See — the dross turned into gold

Hear — a B sharp turned to C

Beautiful dancers

Fly into the air

Enchanted by a melody

That isn’t really there

The savage beast

Has turned into a man

The curtains close

To open on command

Alchemy