(D)Seems like only yesterday
I (Emin)left my mind behind
(D)Down in the Gypsy Cafe
With a (Emin)friend of a friend of mine
She (D)sat with a baby heavy on her (Amin)knee
Yet (D)spoke of life most free from slaver(Amin)y
With (D)eyes that showed no trace of miser(Amin)y
A (D)phrase in connection first with (Amin)she
(C)I (D)heard
That (D7)love is just a four-letter (G)word

Outside a rambling store-front window
Cats meowed to the break of day
Me, I kept my mouth shut, too
I had no words to say
My experience was limited and underfed
Yo-ou were talking while I hid
To the one who was the father of your kid
You probably didn't think I did, but
I heard
You say that love is just a four-letter word

I said goodbye unnoticed
Towards things in my own games
Drifting in and out of lifetimes
Unmentionable by name
Searching for my double, looking for
Complete evaporation to the core
Though I tried and failed at finding any door
I must have thought that there was nothing more
Absurd
than that love is just a four-letter word

Though I never knew just what you meant
When you were speaking to your man
I can only think in terms of me
And now I understand
After waking enough times to think I see
The Holy Kiss that's supposed to last eternity
Blow up in smoke, its destiny
Falls on strangers, travels free
Yes, I know now, traps are only set by me
And I do not really need to be
Assured
that love is just a four-letter word