There's a number of ways to look at what I'm doing.The best one is that I'm having a vacation.And I have not really had a vacation in about ten years.So I decided to do it musically.MusicSeems like only yesterday I left my mind behindDown the gypsy cafe with a friend of a friend of mineWho sat with baby heavy on her kneeSpoke of life most free from slaveryWith eyes that showed no trace of miseryA phrase in connection first with sheOccurredThat love is just a four letter wordInside a rattling storefront windowCats meow to the break of dee dee dee dee deeI kept my mouth shut to you I had no words to sayMy experience was limited and underfedYou were rapping while I hidTo the one who was the father of your kidYou probably didn't think I didI heardYou say that love is just a four letter wordI went on my way and now to slip 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 moreAbsurdThat love is just a four letter wordStrange it is to be beside you many years of tables turnedYou'll probably not believe me if I told you all I've learnedAnd it is very very weird indeedTo hear words like forever fleetsOf ships shrunk in my mind I cannot cheatIt's like the king in the teacher's face completeI can say nothing to you but repeatI heardThat love is just a four letter word