So Soft

© 1986

This one’s to my wife of 43 years and for my friend forever (one and the same.) None of it is true except for the ‘love’ part. That’s what romantic ‘anything’ is all about: It’s just a fluttering of universally accepted nonsense whose shallow meanings are as deep as ye’ need to go. 

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She opens my eyes

She kisses my nose

She’s wearing my love like warm winter clothes

So soft your love on me

The wind in the willows

The waves in the sea

The clouds

The need just to be here

With you our love and me

So soft your love on me

So soft your love on me

Twas dying tomorrow and dyin today

I was living in the future; was wasting away

But then I just saw you; my heart led the way

To love and you and me

So soft your love on me

So soft your love on me