Ask them no questions, they'll tell you no lies
Don't say hello, and you'll not hear goodbye
If you don't take the chance, then there's nothing to lose
If you don't see the options, there's nothing to choose

This is the way I'd been living my life
I did not need a girlfriend, a lover, a wife
I did not fall in love, so I'd not feel the pain
And I did not expect to be happy again

I had locked all the doors to my heart with a key
And then hid it so well that I'd lost it, you see
I had searched everyplace, and then searched it once more
But never again could I unlock the door

I could look out the window to see who was there
I could lift up the sash, I could breathe the fresh air
But the bars I had put up for my own protection
Soon had me imprisoned, bereft of affection

Then one autumn evening you knocked on my door
I did not even bother to rise from the floor
But when I looked up, I just could not believe
You'd unlocked the door to my heart with a key

The key I had made such a long time before
When I used to let people walk in through my door
I'd forgotten I'd left it out under the mat
So my friends, when they needed, could always come back

And now, here you are, you've walked in to my heart
I fell so deep in love with you right from the start
Your eyes sparkle and shine, like emeralds they gleam
And your hair's like the sun as it sets o'er the sea

Whenever you hold me, I melt in your arms
I'm completely entranced by the spell of your charms
I get goosebumps just thinking about when we kiss
And whenever I'm lonely, it's you that I miss

Every day, every hour since you walked through my door
I find myself falling in love with you more
I think about you all the time now, it seems
You're in all of my thoughts, you're in all of my dreams

Every day I am praying that this will work out
That my fears are unfounded, as well as my doubt
I want so much to make you a part of my life
To stand by you in good times, and moments of strife

But sooner or later, the fairytale ends
I'll be crawling away with a heart now to mend
And as you walk away, out my door, with a sigh
I pray that it won't be forever goodbye

 

For: Heather
November 1990