[Verse 1]
You lift my heart with every look your eyes flash me with all your smiles behind a cup of java brewed or out for all the world to see.
Were I resolved to look away, I’d crumble in a heartbeat beat split half past a freckle and a hair between a second sliced in sixths.
[Chorus]
Ah, it’s no use. I can’t deny
how deeply I’m entrenched in you
with all my thoughts around each bend
of passing time, it never ends.
I try to touch you with my soul
but there’s no way to imitate
what comes to mind more times a day
than I will breathe in all my years.
[Verse 2]
I don’t know how to look away
from you, my object of desire
that brings my hopes of love so near
a look from you can take me down.
How can I resist the draw
of your allure? Ha! It’s a trick
I can’t pull off. I wouldn’t try.
My heart belongs to you, my love.
[Chorus]
Ah, it’s no use. I can’t deny
how deeply I’m entrenched in you
with all my thoughts around each bend
of passing time, it never ends.
I try to touch you with my soul
but there’s no way to imitate
what comes to mind more times a day
than I will breathe in all my years.
[Verse 3]
What can a soul do in this fix,
when all that matters is the love
it lives to offer to its mate
and all it hopes to bring its match?
There is no distance far enough
to keep from seeing you in dreams
while I’m awake and gazing past
the years ahead with thoughts of you.
[Chorus]
Ah, it’s no use. I can’t deny
how deeply I’m entrenched in you
with all my thoughts around each bend
of passing time, it never ends.
I try to touch you with my soul
but there’s no way to imitate
what comes to mind more times a day
than I will breathe in all my years.
[Bridge]
What can I do? I’m all but done.
My eyes see yours and then I’m down
for one more count and then I’m out
and you have take me again.
[Verse 4]
If you smile at me one more time
I might just have to trip and fall
in front of all my folks and friends
right on my goofy love-sick face.
Oh, I wonder how must I
look to the world around me now
with all the silly things I say
and all the things I leave undone.
[Chorus]
Ah, it’s no use. I can’t deny
how deeply I’m entrenched in you
with all my thoughts around each bend
of passing time, it never ends.
I try to touch you with my soul
but there’s no way to imitate
what comes to mind more times a day
than I will breathe in all my years.
[Outro]
My mind is out on leave today.
It can’t be reached. Don’t try to call.
I’m sorry if my conduct seems
like I’m not here. Yes, I’m away.
Lyrics, Bill Graham
