closing in on empty spaces
winners laugh too soon
a paper world with paper faces
beneath a paper moon
there's a man, a real pacesetter
coming after me
and after him there's someone better and
after him there's me
he'll offer you a cigarette
he'll offer you a light
but he hasn't finished with you yet
on another long, knife night
so look behind you
there's the man you're chasing
look behind you
let's go human racing
human racing
let's go racing now
open arms and open purses
open season's here
fill your heads with clever verses
and then they disappear
silent vows in secret places
they'll get you somehow
cos you never win in human races
so who's the loser now
look behind you
there's the man you're casing
look behind you
let's go human racing
human racing
let's go racing now
all songs copywrite 1984 rondor music (London) ltd.John & Johanna Hall
(Verse 1):
Love, I am told,
is the deepest mystery,
harder to fathom
than any sea,
more precious than all
the earth and sky,
but nobody can tell you why.
(Chorus):
Give one heart, get back two;
that's the paradox of "I love you."
So when you give your heart,
you get one, too;
that's the paradox of "I love you."
(Verse 2):
If it is love for which you've cried,
you know how it feels
on the moon's dark side,
But if you baby loves you right,
you can have skyrockets any old night (Repeat Chorus)
(Verse 3):
Love can be gentle, soft and tame;
or so rough you wouldn't know its name.
Shy and wild like a runaway child,
storms of love always end up mild. (Repeat Chorus)
(Ending tag)
And you can't help sayin' it; "I love you."
Keep on sayin' it; "I love you."
You can't stop sayin' it; "I love you."
I won't stop until you say it, too.