Saskia Hamilton

Ben Folds · Lonely Avenue [2010]

I've only ever seen her name on a spine

But that's enough, I want to make her mine



Never heard her voice, never seen her smile

But I'm in love with Saskia Hamilton,



Well she's a poet, just like I want to be

But her passport alone is great poetry

And I'm in love with Saskia Hamilton.



She got more assonance than she knows what to do with

I'm in love with Saskia Hamilton

She got two sibilants, no bilabial plosives



Saskia Hamilton, Saskia Hamilton. Yeah! Right!

Saskia Hamilton, Saskia Hamilton.

Saskia, Saskia, Saskia Hamilton



Already got a girl but she sounds real bad

I'm in love with Saskia Hamilton

She got alliteration and her surname is Dagg



No hard consonants in my girl Saskia

Every single syllable sounds like Shakespeare

I'm in love with Saskia Hamilton



Gonna live with her and it'll all be harmonious

How could it not be, when she's that euphonious?

Gonna marry her and it'll all be idyllic

AND MY TEACHER JUST TOLD ME THAT SHE'S DACTYLIC!



Saskia Hamilton, Saskia Hamilton. Yeah! Right!

Saskia Hamilton, Saskia Hamilton.

Saskia, Saskia, Saskia Hamilton