A Dove

You're the love
Of my-life

Is there any way i can
Get to see you
Have a cup of coffee maybe
Somethin' like that
I was in a maze of buildings
Runnin' all around like a rat
In the miwle of the night

All of those years that i got
Lost without you
Tracking the equator all the
Way to the north pole
Looking for a home or dead
End to this longing in my soul

Honey you were my friend
If the truth be told

I can understand though if you
Don't remember
All you have to do is say the
Word and l'll go
This is just a dream that i've been
Holding onto god i don't know
It's so hard to let it come

You're the one
That i want

A dove
Settled on the sill
And i called my cat

Love
If looks could kill
And that was that

The glass
Of the windowpane
And away she flew

Over the grass
Glistenin' in the rain
And on out of view

Over the buildings
Stone (w)rote cages
Where people live

Over the gilded
Old outrages
That we can't forgive

The moon
Hangin' in the sky
Like a copper pan

A tune
Welling in her eye
Goin' through cheyenne

The wing
Of an aeroplane
And away she flew

To sing
Searing in her brain
Your point of view

Over the mountains
Changing seasons
And the falling leaves

Long ago countin'
Damn good reasons
Colors she believes

The phone
Ringin' off the hook
Like a magic wand

My own
Let me take a look
In the polluted pond

Escapes
Aren't all that bad
And away she threw

The tapes
And any chance she had
Of returning to

Over the heartache
Lucid dreaming
Of the lost way out

And if we are awake
Who's that screaming
What it's all about

I live in one small room in new york city
Lately i'm afraid to go outside
My friends said stay here and it won't be pretty
But where could i go with this too tough hide?

The mailman still makes it through i get a lot of mail
Rarely letters with my name spelled right
Mostly envelopes with some sad tale
Hoping to crack open this too tough hide

Too tough hide
Where'd i get this too tough hide
How'd i get this too tough hide
Too tough hide

I went to a party where we watched a movie
If i'd been by myself i would've cried
Instead i laughed along so i'd seem groovy
And make you think i got this too tough hide

When 1 got home i asked the bathroom mirror
But it only tells me what's my better side
I'd have to let another person nearer
To find out what goes on behind this too tough hide

Too tough hide
Where'd i get this too tough hide
How'd i get this too tough hide
Too tough hide

Am i alone in this world
Can somebody hear me
Or be near me
Am i blind to the love
The beautiful love of god

Here i am
Standing before a crowd
Trying to belong
Terrified of hiding
Asking you to listen to my song
Asking you to listen to me
Am i alone in this world

A woman i know
I saw her in the street
She was selling books
No family no money
I could not find a way to say hello
I could not find a way to say hello
Am i alone in this world

Late last night
A man at the garbage can
Was picking through the crap
And the neighborhood boys
Starting beating him up with a baseball bat
Beating him up with a baseball bat

Am i alone in this world
Can somebody hear me
Or be near me
Am i blind to the love
The beautiful love of god

Never mind the words of love
I have heard them before
Skip over that part
I am waiting for
Somebody to pull through for me
Somebody's gonna have to be me

Here you come again
Arms across a broken heart
You want me to be free
I know what you mean
But i am waiting for
Somebody to pull through for me
Somebody's gonna have to be me

What is the meaning of the word love
Do you mean what you say
Don't fool around
I am aching for
Somebody to pull through for me
Somebody's gonna have to be me

I was standing underneath a beautiful tree
There was nobody there
My heart was a glow
I was hoping for
Somebody to pull through for me
Somebody's gonna have to be me