I wait at the table,
And hold hands with weeping strangers,
Wait for you
To join the group.The tambourine jingle-jangles.
The medium roams and rambles.
Not taken in,
I break the circle.I want this man
To go away now.With a kiss
I'd pass the key
And feel your tongue
Teasing and receiving.
With your spit
Still on my lip,
You hit the water.
Him and I in the room
To prove you are with us too.He's using code that only you and I know.
This is no trick of his.
This is your magic.I'd catch the cues,
Watching you,
Hoping you'd do something wrong.Everybody thinks you'll never make it,
But every time,
You escape:'Rosabel believe,
Not even eternity
Can hold Houdini!'"Rosabel, believe!"
Through the glass
I'd watch you breathe.
("Not even eternity--")
Bound and drowned,
And paler than you've ever been.
("--will hold Houdini!")With your life
The only thing in my mind--
We pull you from the water!(Houdini!)You
("Hou-di-ni...")
And I
And Rosabel believe.
