Tales Of Brave Ulysses (Live At Winterland) Lyrics
Cream
Lyrics
You thought the leaden winter
Would bring you down forever
But you rode upon a steamer
To the violence of the sun
And the colors of the sea
Blind your eyes with trembling mermaids
And you touch the distant beaches
With tales of brave Ulysses
How his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing
For the sparkling waves are calling you
To kiss their white-laced lips
And you see a girl's brown body
Dancing through the turquoise
And her footprints make you follow
Where the sky loves the sea
And when your fingers find her
She drowns you in her body
Carving deep blue ripples
In the tissues of your mind
The tiny purple fishes
Run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you
To the hard land of the winter
Her name is Aphrodite
And she rides a crimson shell
And you know you cannot leave her
For you touched the distant sands
With tales of brave Ulysses
How his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing
The tiny purple fishes
Run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you
To the hard land of the winter
Song & Lyrics Facts
Cream - Tales of Brave Ulysses (Live At Winterland) is a live track released on the album Live Cream Volume II, recorded in 1968 and released in 1972. The song was written by Eric Clapton and Martin Sharp and performed by the British rock band Cream.
This classic blues-rock number features powerful guitar licks from Clapton and Jack Bruce’s melodic bass lines. It also includes some hauntingly beautiful lyrics about an old Greek hero. The song has become one of the group's most popular songs to date and has been covered by several other artists, including Jeff Beck and Iron Maiden.