Joan Baez - Love Is A Four Letter Word Lyrics
Seems like only yesterday I left my mind behindDown in a gypsy cafe with a friend of a friend of mineWho sat with baby heavy on her kneeyet spoke of life most free from slaveryWith eyes that showed no trace of miseryThe phrase made connection- hurt was sheI heard that love was just a four letter wordOutside a rattling store front windowA cat meowed at the break of dayMe, I kept my mouth shut too, I had no words to sayMy experience was limited and underfedYou were talking while I readTo the one that was the father of your kidYou probably didn't think I didBut I heard you say that love is just a four letter wordI said goodbye unoticedPused forth into my own gamesDrifting in and out of lifetimesI mentioned to go by nameSearching for my doubleLooking for complete evaporation to the floorSo I tried and failed to finding any doorI must have thought that there was something moreAbsurd and that love is just a four letter wordSo I never knew what you meant when you wereSpeaking to your manI could only think in terms of meAnd now I understandAfter waking enough times to think I seeThe holy kiss that is supposed to last eternityBlow up in smoke it's destinyFalls on strangersTravels freeYes now I know that traps are only set by meAnd I do not really need to beAssured that love is just a four letter word