you're  an  adventurer

you  sail  across  the  oceans

you  climb  the  himalayas

seeking  truth  and  beauty  as  a  natural  state

you're  a  queen  reborn

worshipped  from  above  afar

some  see  you  as  an  elixir

an  elemental  natural  seeking  perfect  grace

in  a  catacomb

or  cave  of  endless  drawings

prehistoric  or  religious

your  accomplishments  prodigious

seeking  out  the  perfect  tone

your  language  so  clear

your  voice  perfectly  turning

as  in  the  city  i  sit  yearning

blowing  rings  of  smoke  from  thin  cigars

or  driving  fast  in  foreign  cars

to  capture  your  remains,  huh

you're  an  adventurer

a  turban  wet  wrapped  'round  your  head

on  the  mountainside  they  predict  your  death

oh  how  you  fooled  them  all

but  subjects  are  a  poor  excuse

when  what  you  really  want's  a  muse

an  inspirating  knowledge

of  what  comes  before

ooohhh,  speeds  of  light

the  momentary  flicker

of  a  candle  in  its  wicker  basket

smoking  wax,  facts

did  you  find  that  superior  knowledge

that  eluded  you  in  college

did  you  find  that  super  vortex

that  could  cause  your  cerebral  cortex

ooohhh,  to  lose  its  grip

you're  an  adventurer

you  were  out  looking  for  meaning

while  the  rest  of  us  were  steaming

in  an  inspirating

ah,  urban  pit

an  adventurer

you  enter  as  i'm  dreaming

i  wish  i'd  never  wake  up

differentiating  scheming  from  my  one  true  love

you're  an  adventurer

you  love  the  angles  and  the  cherries

the  height  and  width  of  levies

the  natural  bridge  and  tunnels  of  the  human  race

you're  an  adventurer

nothing  seem  to  scare  you

and  if  it  does  it  won't  dissuade  you

you  just  will  not  think  about  it

you  dismiss  it  and  defocus

you  redefine  the  locus  of  your  time  in  space,  race

as  you  move  further  from  me

and  though  i  understand  the  thinking

and  have  often  done  the  same  thing

i  find  parts  of  me  gone

you're  an  adventurer

and  though  i'll  surely  miss  you

and  of  course  i'll  survive  without  you

and  maybe  good  will  come  of  that

but  at  this  point,  ah

i  anticipate  some  grieving

and  although  i  know  your  leaving

is  a  necessary  adjunct  to  what  we  both  do

an  adventurer

splitting  up  the  atom

splitting  up  the  once  was

splitting  up  the  essence  of  our  star-crossed  fate

none  who  meet  you

do  forget  you,  my  adventurer

my  adventurer,  my  adventurer-venturer

my  adventuress