19

I'M FOR YOU

there's a hangman and a heaven

my heart's all dressed up

and stripped down

I'm for you

the guilty and the grateful

sing different songs

with the same melody

a telephone rings with no one on the line

I'll whisper to you "don't be afraid"

the lies and the wounds

we'll leave to religion

it's all different

it's all the same

I'm here now

I'm for you

here's to the future

I forget what you do

leave it till tomorrow

the battle lines are gone

I'm here with you

love poems to stranger nights

you only leave for experience

no heroes no loneliness

no reason for tears

you risk nothing, so risk it all

and I'm for you

we'll leave the beast asleep

the barking dogs

will call our names in the dark

longing and loss

will have no place in this mystery

the waltzing gypsy

will collect any fears and sorrows

there is no tomorrow

I'm for you