[ti:Tales Of Brave Ulysses] [ar:Eric Clapton] [al:Backtrackin] [by:] [offset:0] [00:16.80]You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever [00:20.61]But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun [00:25.17]And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids [00:37.93] [00:39.08]And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses: [00:43.45]How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing [00:48.08]For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips [00:52.83]And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise [01:06.14]And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea [01:10.98]And when your fingers find her she drowns you in her body [01:15.29]Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind [01:20.48] [01:29.23]The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers [01:33.41]And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter [01:38.10]Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell [01:51.28]And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands [01:55.73]With tales of brave Ulysses; how his naked ears were tortured [01:59.73]By the sirens sweetly singing [02:04.11] [02:12.05]The tiny purple fishes run lauging through your fingers [02:15.54]And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter