Dolores Dream - Kurt Elling

The white electric skillet of a day
Threatened to sear us all away
Fat frying spluttering
Rank Chicago smeltering along
Smothered in heavy wooly sweat
The city knew a sad regret
For staying long in summer's heavy
No escape delirious
So I went subterraneous
Maybe I'd dream about Dolores'
Kinda' auburn hair and hazel eyes
Looking at her made chills go
Even if she wasn't even there and so I tried
Put Wayne Shorter on to hide
And slept completely mystified
Bam went a taxi cab outside
To remind me night time was dawning
Then Laurie and Guy call say
Let's go dancing and romance perchancing
Summer times are sweeter at night
The music is swinging all the night '
I put a bowl of coffee on I took a hit
What with the day time on the lamb
Jumped in my car
Uptown to scram
Popped in a great Von Freeman
Jam and the coffee hit bam
We hit a Jazz club called the Mill
Dig it My second domicile
We had a great time hanging until
I saw Dolores sweep into the room
And then my head began to swoon
I got a yen
She came right up to me and when
She spoke my sweat broke no joke
Then came on the thrills
And came on the chills
She got me to dance
I took a chance
Replying although she was kinda' shy
I stole a sweet kiss on the sly
And when Dolores sighed a sigh
You know it got me kinda' high
She hit me right between the eyes
If there's one girl i've gotta' remember it's her