Thomas Anderson

singer, songwriter, rock 'n' roller

Anna in the Glow of Love

by Thomas Anderson

from the album On Becoming Human

The guitars and drums and amplifiers

The cables, mikes, and stands

Load 'em up and haul 'em all 'cross town

Piled in somebody's van

Where the party lights are shining bright

Playin' til the cops are called

In the blaze of a song by the makeshift stage

There Anna sits enthralled

What could ever be more beautiful

In the heavens up above

What could ever be more glorious

Than Anna in the glow of love

All the dark and drafty houses then

In the streets of college town

She was at my side she was in my arms

And we were glory bound

What could ever be more beautiful

In the heavens up above

What could ever be more glorious

Than Anna in the glow of love

What could be more radiant

Profound and candle bright

Dancing in the drunken rooms

On some Friday night

Now some girls fall so easily

Some girls pick and choose

Some girls want to go through men

Like they go through shoes

And she shone like gold in a room so cold

But that was way back when

And we don't grow up but we raise a cup

To all our absent friends

What could ever be more beautiful

In the heavens up above

What could ever be more glorious

Than Anna in the glow of love