Eyes Of The Llama

[Jim Colyer]

Eyes Of The Llama
Shining down on me
Alpha Centauri
Beta Centauri
Eyes Of The Llama
First magnitude stars
Two southern twinklers
Still haunting me

I made my way to Lake Titicaca
Largest lake in South America
Not far from the city of La Paz
In the landlocked country Bolivia

It was a Southern Skies Star Party
Astronomers from around the world
As they gazed at the llamas eyes
I saw the eyes of a Bolivian girl

Eyes Of The Llama
Shining down on me
Alpha Centauri
Beta Centauri
Eyes Of The Llama
First magnitude stars
Two southern twinklers
Still haunting me

Solo

She was 18 but still a virgin
Inexperienced in the ways of love
We spent that night on the Titicaca shore
Beneath those southern constellations

I got an email four months later
It told me I was to be a daddy
I'll never see my son or daughter
The llama's eyes were a one time thing

Eyes Of The Llama
Shining down on me
Alpha Centauri
Beta Centauri
Eyes Of The Llama
First magnitude stars
Two southern twinklers
Still haunting me

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