Richard Buckner Follow

Well, I've been stunned
And I've been turned
I've been undone and burned
I saw you as the answer to
Years of blue and wonder

Your voice shakes me through
But you don't know what I might be
You haven't seen the worst of me
And when your eyes move down I'm silent

Put your arms around me, dear
And pull your mouth up to mine
And what's that word

I forget sometimes
It's the one that means
The love has left your eyes

I'm thinking now when I first knew
I was lying with a stranger
And you were curled up with a paper

In your little Soma room
The telephone was pouring blue
And when I hung up with you
I was sick and sad and I wished I had
Just a kiss to bring you over

Put your arms around me, dear
And pull your mouth up next to mine
And what's that word

I forget sometimes
It's the one that means
The love has left your eyes

Well, I wonder of you now
And what happened to you
I remember words
That were said and sighed and written
Bit I hear things, you know
I hear the bottle broke us down

But not a word from you yet
There's things that
Even a drunk will never forget

Put your arms around me
And pull your mouth up to mine
And what's that word

I forget sometimes
It's the one that means
The love has left your eyes

Put your arms around me
And pull your mouth up to mine
And what's that word

I forget sometimes
It's the one that means
The love has left your eyes
It's the one that means

The love has left your eyes
The love has left your eyes
The love has left your eyes