Keith Harkin Tears of Hercules lyrics

So it goes, history shows, deserts must expand.
Camels sail like wooden ships, like women down The Strand.
There's sand on Second Avenue, and the wind blows like a train.
Taxi's line-up like a strand of pearls, around the block again.

I remembered everything, every windowpane.
Every word came back to me, the way it used to be.
Then I saw your face across the street,
Through the tears of Hercules.

There's a bus that leaves at 8:15 and another one at 10:00.
Should I climb aboard...risk everything-and ride it to the end?
Watch the hill like roller coasters, up into the sky.
And wish that you were here by me so close that I could die.


You say love wrecks everything and none of us survive.
But I got over you last night and I am still alive.
'Til I saw your face across the street,
Through the tears of Hercules.

You say love wrecks everything and none of us survive.
But I got over you last night and I am still alive.
'Til I saw your face across the street,
Through the tears of Hercules.