Isabelle

ISABELLE

Isabelle, I’ll build a mansion for you
Isabelle, I’m saving my dollars two by two
Isabelle, Someday we will live in peace
Isabelle, you and me

Mother Magdalena, Saints Martin, Paul, and John
Make sure we got our ticket
For this boat we’re travelling on

No there’s no mistaking
That the rain’s come pouring through
But we’re going two by two
Isabelle,
Me and You

Isabelle, I’ll build a mansion for you
Isabelle, I’m saving my dollars two by two
Isabelle, Someday we will live in peace
Isabelle, you and me

It’s early days, Izzy
So they’ll hate it if I say
I was born for you, Isabelle
I just don’t see another way
They’ll criticize our mansion
And our mothers, two by two
But they won’t see the truth
Just this:
Isabelle, me and you

Isabelle, I’ll build a mansion for you
Isabelle, I’m saving my dollars two by two
Isabelle, Someday we will live in peace
Isabelle, you and me

Today we’re minnows, Isabelle
But someday we’ll be grown
Maybe into mothers
Maybe into crones
The Land will not receive us,
But we’ll make another home
In numbers yet unknown,
Isabelle, all our own

Isabelle, I’ll build a mansion for you
Isabelle, I’m saving my dollars two by two
Isabelle, Someday we will live in peace
Isabelle, you and me

When I die
I’ll call you from the grave
With my pockets full of honey
And all of the money that I’ve saved
She’ll weigh my heart
And I will look her in the eye
Isabelle, I’ll remember you and I

Isabelle
Isabelle
Isabelle, I’ll remember You and I

c.2020 Willa Mamet