dar williams
book of love
Tell me what you see Is it close to what you dreamed If I play a part Can I be redeemed?  We pore through the passages The leather volume shelves But they only leave us wondering Can we find ourselves In the book of love, oh, In the book of love  Looking for the one Waiting on a day Countless dinner parties And all the games we play  Often sung processional Solemn wedding vow A picture in a picture frame That beauty can allow In the book of love, oh In the book of love  And love becomes a temple And we begin to feel Then an unfeeling oracle Will say you did come near But you are not welcome here  This is who I am All the places that I've been Fondness and regret Every love that I've been in  And I've played all the characters The fool, the friend, the wife And no matter what the ending is The story of my life Is the book of love, oh, Is the book of love