Chris Orbach: Songs

Red Star Assassins

(Chris Orbach)

“Red Star Assassins” Music & Lyrics By Chris Orbach

We were two red star assassins
Killing time down at the fair
With airguns on our shoulders
And the June wind in our hair

We’d walked around the neighborhood
It was turning for the worse
Not the only reason
To throw the world into reverse

Because I lost you
Or did you lose me?
I don’t remember
But what I still see...

...Is the time I almost kissed you
But was frozen like a fool
As we marveled at the puzzles
Down in Joyce’s vestibule

Just two red star assassins
On a mission doomed to fail
The night before you went away
And the sky was growing pale

It’s all so long ago
That fair’s here every year
But all my dreams aside
That night won’t reappear

When these two red star assassins
Tried so hard to win a bear
No matter what else happens
I can always see us there

Just two red star assassins
Shooting paper for a prize
If only I could hold on
To what I’d seen in your eyes
To what I’d seen in your eyes
To what I’d seen in your eyes