The
way she brushes her teeth while she tells a story,
The way she looks at me and makes me see that free is free,
For love is really just a giant heap of subtlety.
The beauty of her sleeping,
The sweet little sounds she makes while weeping,
For real love is warm and always steeping.
The purr of her pulling into the driveway past the hedge and into
sight,
The feeling that when she's around life is just right,
For love mutes the darkness and sheds so much light.
The steamy voice singing as she draws a bath right before sunrise,
The curly wisps, the Fightin' Irish shorts and those mind numbing
sighs,
For love picks you up and makes you realize.
She fit me perfectly you
see,
But I must have shrunk,
Or maybe I just stretched out.
I just don't know.
I cannot find the words-
Not tonight.
As I lay in bed alone,
I think of her.
And what I would say,
And what I would do,
In the placid bedridden comfort of her skin.
You see I awoke and had got a check in the mail,
Reality is so unreal.
Cause now I know what alone is,
For the legs of lust opened last nite,
And I went inside.
The whole time I thought of how it felt-
How it felt like nothing,
How life is too short for a silly game.
For I am a man of few words,
But with a majestic vision,
Of how things used to be,
How they are now,
And what they shall be tomorrow.
I know you know what is behind that door,
And I know you know it for the taking.
But think before you speak-
Speak and think.
For life is too short for a silly game.
So don't you bring me to the river,
And tell me I can't drink.
For my mouth is oh-so dry,
And water,
Water it can't lie.
I need the sweet, sweet nectar of your flower,
And I will carry you away-
Forever.
So don't you bet on the horse with the glistening coat.
For he can't swim through life and float.
I'll keep you from sinking,
I'll keep you afloat,
I'll be your boat-
Forever.
I don't need to waste no time.
I got the vision,
I made the decision,
To fritter away no more of the precious.
For when we fall,
We fall hard.
But when we rise,
There is no demise.
Don't
you see?
I wanna hold you oh-so tight,
I want to love you with all my might,
I wanna tell you it's gonna be alright,
I want you to trust me-
And my sight.
So, in darkness I can lead you,
And in light, I can hold you.
For when we open our eyes someday,
And our skin is weathered and old.
We'll have our minds-
So wealthy.
We'll have our souls-
Oh-so healthy.
But our bodies' cold and old.
About to be sold.
Back to the land,
That brought us each other's hand.
Cause you know nothing is ever perfect,
But two is better than one,
And two as one cannot be undone.
So please, please tell me you feel the same,
For life is too short for a silly game.
