I love you darlin’
Baby, you know I do
But I’ve got to see this Book of Love
Find out why it’s true
(Oh, I wonder, wonder who, mmbadoo-ooh, WHO)
(Who wrote the Book Of Love?)
Don’t tell me you don’t know what love is
When you’re old enough to know better
When you find strange hands in your sweater
When your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote
I’m a man with a mission in two or three editions
And I’m giving you a longing look
Everyday, everyday, everyday I write the book
You can show me the way and give me a sunny day
But what does it mean without your love?
And if I could travel far, if I could touch the stars
Where would I be without your love?
And if I ever wonder away too far
You would come looking for me with open arms
I could forget my home, feel like a rolling stone
But who would I be without your love?
And what does it mean without your love?
Where would I be?
And even as I wander, I’m keeping you in sight
You’re a candle in the window on a cold, dark winter’s night
And I’m getting closer than I ever thought I might
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Step back non believers or the rain will never come
Somebody start that fire a-burning somebody beat the drum
You know some may think I’m crazy for making all these claims
But I swear before this day is over you folks are gonna see some rain
You might think I’m crazy
To hang around with you
Maybe you think I’m lucky
To have something to do
But I think that you’re wild
And inside me is some child
You might think it’s foolish
Or maybe it’s untrue
You might think I’m crazy
But all I want is you
Oh, crazy
For thinking that my love could hold you
I’m crazy for trying
And crazy for crying
And I’m crazy for loving you
We’ll come again next Thursday afternoon
The In-laws hope they’ll see you very soon
But is it in your conscience that you’re after
Another glimpse of the madman across the water
God give you grace to purge this place
And peace all around may be your fortune
Oh, oh, children of the land
Love is still the answer, take my hand
The vision fades, a voice I hear
Listen to the madman!
But still I fear and still I dare not
Laugh at the madman!
Oh, yes, indeed we know
That people will find a way to go
No matter what the man said
And love is fine, for all we know
For all we know, our love will grow
That’s what the man said
So won’t you listen to what the man said?
Within the fire and out upon the sea
Crazy Man Michael was walking
He met with a raven with eyes black as coals
And shortly they were a-talking
“Your future, your future, I would tell to you
Your future, you often have asked me
Your true love will die by your own right hand
And Crazy Man Michael will cursed be”
I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant about that place.
Even your emotions had an echo
In so much space
I remember finding out about you
Everyday my mind is all around you
I awoke on impact
Under surveillance from the camera eye
Searching high and low
The criminal mind found at the scene of the crime
Handcuffed and blind, I didn’t do it
She said she loved me, I guess I never knew
But do we ever, ever really know?
She said she’d meet me on the other side
But I knew right then, I’d never find her
Are they oblivious
To this quality?
A quality
Of light unique to
Every city’s streets
Pavements may teem
With intense energy
But the city is calm
In this violent sea
I have often walked down this street before;
But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before.
All at once am I Several stories high.
Knowing I’m on the street where you live.
I walk these streets
A loaded six string on my back
I play for keeps
'Cause I might not make it back
I been everywhere
And I’m standing tall
I’ve seen a million faces
And I’ve rocked them all
Almost everyday you fall
Upon my waking eyes,
Inviting and inciting me to rise.
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning.
And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky
I close my eyes and think of home
Another city goes by in the night
Ain’t it funny how it is
You never miss it 'til it’s gone away
And my heart is lying there
And will be 'til my dying day
So, understand
Don’t waste your time always searching for those wasted years
Face up, make your stand
And realize you’re living in the golden years