Intro :
S eems like only yesterday
I l eft my mind behind
D own in the Gypsy Cafe
With a f riend of a friend of mine
She s at with a baby heavy on her k nee
Yet s poke of life most free from slavery
With e yes that showed no trace of miser y
A p hrase in connection first with s he
I hea rd
That l ove is just a four-letter w ord
Outside a ra mbling store-front window
Cats m eowed to the break of day
M e I kept my mouth shut too
To you I h ad no words to say
My exp erience was limited and underf ed
Y ou were talking while I h id
To the o ne who was the father of your k id
You p robably didn't think I d id but I hea rd
You say that love is just a four-letter w ord
I s aid goodbye unnoticed
Pushed towards t hings in my own games
Drifting i n and out of lifetimes
Unm entionable by name
S earching for my double looking fo r
Comp lete evaporation to the c ore
Though I t ried and failed at finding any d oor
I m ust have thought that there was nothing m ore
A bsur d than that love is just a four-letter w ord
Though I n ever knew just what you meant
When you were s peaking to your man
I can o nly think in terms of me
And n ow I understand
After w aking enough times to think I s ee
The Holy K iss that's supposed to last e ternity
Blow u p in smoke its des tiny
F alls on strangers tr avels free
Yes I kn ow now traps are only set by me
And I d o not really need to b e
A ssur ed that love is just a four-letter wo rd
Strange it i s to be beside you
Many y ears and tables turned
You'd pr obably not believe me
If I t old you all I've learned
And i t is very very weird in deed
To he ar words like forever p lease
Those s hips run through my mind I cannot c heat
It's like l ooking in the teacher's face compl ete
I c an say nothing to you but r epeat what I hea rd
That love is just a four-letter w ord
