CCCGF
My love she speaks like silence,
CCGF
Without ideals or violence,
C
She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
DmFG
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
CCGF
People carry roses,
CCGF
And make promises by the hours,
C
My love she laughs like the flowers,
DmGC
Valentines can't buy her.
CCGF
In the dime stores and bus stations,
CCGF
People talk of situations,
C
Read books, repeat quotations,
DmFG
Draw conclusions on the wall.
CCGF
Some speak of the future,
CCGF
My love she speaks softly,
C
She knows there's no success like failure
DmGC
And that failure's no success at all.
CCGF
The cloak and dagger dangles,
CCGF
Madams light the candles.
C
In ceremonies of the horsemen,
DmFG
Even the pawn must hold a grudge.
CCGF
Statues made of match sticks,
CCGF
Crumble into one another,
C
My love winks, she does not bother,
DmGC
She knows too much to argue or to judge.
C (GF) C (GF) CDmGCCCGF
The bridge at midnight trembles,
CCGF
The country doctor rambles,
C
Bankers' nieces seek perfection,
DmFG
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring.
CCGF
The wind howls like a hammer,
CCGF
The night blows cold and rainy,
C
My love she's like some raven
DmGC
At my window with a broken wing.