From the recording Miracles For Beginners
Lyrics
He shapes his mouth and the air takes the sound
That narrows and swells unseen valleys and mounds
That surge through the ether and barge in her ears
Down happy canals two syllables steer
Where tributaries join with the flow of the years
And sing to her heart from their gondolier
And the waveforms dance back to him when she speaks
And give up their treasures between their peaks
They build it in their heads
This is what they said:
He say, ‘Love you’
She say, ‘Love you’
Two seconds of thoughtless affection is all
To build up the temple with marble white walls
A habit unthinking gives voice to the feeling
To paint the long frieze on the beautiful ceiling
A touch and a stroke and a kiss and a smile
The door made of oak and the red roof tiles
Two words two secs a look and a sigh
On a little stone bridge at least a mile high
They build it in their heads
This is what they said:
He say: ‘Love you’
She say: ‘Love you’
……
‘Love you’
‘Love you’