Love is a four letter word Lyrics by Joan Baez

Love is a four letter word Lyrics

    Seems like only yesterday I left my mind behind
    Down in a gypsy cafe with a friend of a friend of mine
    Who sat with baby heavy on her knee
    yet spoke of life most free from slavery
    With eyes that showed no trace of misery
    The phrase made connection- hurt was she
    I heard that love was just a four letter word
    Outside a rattling store front window
    A cat meowed at the break of day
    Me, I kept my mouth shut too, I had no words to say
    My experience was limited and underfed
    You were talking while I read
    To the one that was the father of your kid
    You probably didn't think I did
    But I heard you say that love is just a four letter word
    I said goodbye unoticed
    Pused forth into my own games
    Drifting in and out of lifetimes
    I mentioned to go by name
    Searching for my double
    Looking for complete evaporation to the floor
    So I tried and failed to finding any door
    I must have thought that there was something more
    Absurd and that love is just a four letter word
    So I never knew what you meant when you were
    Speaking to your man
    I could only think in terms of me
    And now I understand
    After waking enough times to think I see
    The holy kiss that is supposed to last eternity
    Blow up in smoke it's destiny
    Falls on strangers
    Travels free
    Yes now I know that traps are only set by me
    And I do not really need to be
    Assured that love is just a four letter word

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