Intro
B (or Bsus2 B Bsus4 C)
B F# E
My love she speaks like silence,
B F# E
Without ideals or violence,
B
She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
C#m E F#7
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
B F# E
People carry roses,
B F# E
Make promises by the hours,
B
My love she laughs like the flowers,
E F#7 B
Valentines can't buy her.
B F# E
In the dime stores and bus stations,
B F# E
People talk of situations,
B
Read books, repeat quotations,
C#m E F#7
Draw conclusions on the wall.
B F# E
Some speak of the future,
B F# E
My love she speaks softly,
B
She knows there's no success like failure
E F#7 B
And that failure's no success at all.
B F# E
The cloak and dagger dangles,
B F# E
Madams light the candles.
B
In ceremonies of the horsemen,
C#m E F#7
Even the pawn must hold a grudge.
B F# E
Statues made of match sticks,
B F# E
Crumble into one another,
B
My love winks, she does not bother,
E F#7 B
She knows too much to argue or to judge.
B F# E
The bridge at midnight trembles,
B F# E
The country doctor rambles,
B
Bankers' nieces seek perfection,
C#m E F#7
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring.
B F# E
The wind howls like a hammer,
B F# E
The night blows cold and rainy,
B
My love she's like some raven
E F#7 B
At my window with a broken wing.