hold back the day a little longer
I need the night to make me blind
I didn't know it but I know it now
you've only been a stranger all this time
I thought I'd climbed up every mountain
I thought I'd walked each weary shore
but every word hits like a hammer
and I can't take it any more
a woman for a friend
that's no answer to a man
he needs a lover too
someone to be beside him to
share each losin' hand
to help him make it through
your mouth frames words
that cannot hide your face
it's written there in every line
I didn't know it but I know it now
you've only been a stranger all this time