Seems like only yesterday I left my mind behindDown in the gypsy cafe with a friend of a friend of mineWe sat with baby heavy on her kneeSpoke of life most free from slaveryWith eyes that showed no trace of miseryThe words in connection first with she occurredThat love is just a four letter wordOutside a rattling storefront windowCats meowed to the break of dayMe, I kept my mouth shut to you, I had no words to sayMy experience was limited and underfedYou were talking while I hidTo the one who was the father of your kidYou probably didn't think I didBut I heard you say that love is just a four letter wordI went on my way unnoticed, pushed forth into my own gamesIn and out of lifetimes, unmentionable by nameSearching for my double, looking forComplete evaporation to the coreThough I tried and failed at finding any doorI must have thought that there was nothing more absurdThan that love is just a four letter wordThough I never knew just what you meant when you were speaking to your manI can only think in terms of me and now I understandAfter waking enough times to think I seeThe holy kiss that's supposed to last eternityBlow up in smoke, it's destinyFalls on strangers, travels freeYes I know now traps are only set by meAnd I do not really need to be assuredThat love is just a four letter wordStrange it is to be beside you many years at tables turnedYou'd probably not believe me if I told you all I've learnedAnd it is very, very weird indeedTo hear words like forever fleetsOf ships run through my mind I cannot cheatIt's like looking in a teacher's face completeI can say nothing to you but repeatRepeat what I heardThat love is just a four letter word