C G F
My love she speaks like silence
C G F
Without ideals or violence
C
She doesn't have to say she's faithful
Dm F G7
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire
C G F
People carry roses
C G F
Make promises by the hours
C
My love she laughs like the flowers
F G7 C
Valentines can't buy her
C G F
In the dime stores and bus stations
C G F
People talk of situations
C
Read books, repeat quotations
Dm F G7
Draw conclusions on the wall
C G F
Some speak of the future
C G F
My love she speaks softly
C
She knows there's no success like failure
F G7 C
And that failure's no success at all
C G F
The cloak and dagger dangles
C G F
Madams light the candles
C
In ceremonies of the horsemen
Dm F G7
Even the pawn must hold a grudge
C G F
Statues made of match sticks
C G F
Crumble into one another
C
My love winks, she does not bother
F G7 C
She knows too much to argue or to judge
C G F
The bridge at midnight trembles
C G F
The country doctor rambles
C
Bankers' nieces seek perfection
Dm F G7
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring
C G F
The wind howls like a hammer
C G F
The night blows cold and rainy
C
My love she's like some raven
F G7 C
At my window with a broken wing
