G D C My love she speaks like silence G D C Without ideals or violence G She doesn't have to say she's faithful Am D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Yet she's true, like ice, like fire G D C People carry roses G D C And make promises by the hours G My love she laughs like the flowers Am D Dsus2 G Valentines can't buy her
G D C In the dime stores and bus stations G D C People talk of situations G Read books, repeat quotations Am D Dsus4 D Dsus2 Draw conclusions on the wall G D C Some speak of the future G D C My love she speaks softly G She knows there's no success like failure Am D Dsus2 G And that failure's no success at all G D C The cloak and dagger dangles G D C Madams light the candles G In ceremonies of the horsemen Am D Dsus4 D Dsus2 Even a pawn must hold a grudge G D C Statues made of match sticks G D C Crumble into one another G D C My love winks, she does not bother Am D Dsus2 G She knows too much to argue or to judge G D C G D C G D C G Am D Dsus4 D Dsus2 G D C G D C G D C G Am D Dsus2 G G D C The bridge at midnight trembles G D C The country doctor rambles G Bankers' nieces seek perfection Am D Dsus4 D Dsus2 Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring G D C The wind howls like a hammer G D C The night blows cold and rainy G My love she's like some raven Am D Dsus2 G At my window with a broken wing G D C G D C G D C G Am D Dsus4 D Dsus2 G D C G D C G D C G Am D Dsus2 G