The Answer

Yeah Love is the answer, love is the key
But I know baby, you don’t get nothing for free;
Nothing for free
No don't get nothing for free.

I paid the price, far too much sacrifice;
Gave you too much, almost paid with my life
Yeah, almost paid with my life
Wanted to give you my life.

Eight whole weeks of not holding back,
Never thought I’d be looking back,
Yeah didn’t want to look back;
Never before had to look back.

Stopped the beating of my heart, but how could you now,
That sweet little goodbye, would be such a hammer blow;,
Yeah hit me like a hammer blow;
Sweet little hammer blow.

So just put me in your heart baby, and lock me away
But please remember baby; come see me one day,
Yeah come back n’ see me one sweet lonely day
Yeah one sweet lonely day.

‘Cos your love is the only answer, the only key,
Gonna set me free, yeah set me free;
Your sweet love gonna set me free
Yeah set this lonely boy free.

You and your sweet love turned on the endless night,
Your love was the answer, that held back the night;
Didn’t need to turn out those lights, no didn’t turn out the lights;
Kept my love burning, a sweet bright light;
Yeah a sweet bright luminous light.

Left me for dead, reeling; my heart paralyzed,
Alone in the dark, half stupefied;
Yeah all alone and stupefied
On my own n’ half stupefied.

The GP says you can’t have love without greed,
No, can’t have love without too greater need;
It’s your love that I need;
Only your love can fill this need.

Please baby, suicidal tendencies are rife,
Please come release me from this empty life;
Yeah please come release me from this empty life
Yeah, release me from this empty life.

The good lord, he’s asking me the burning question,
But ain’t got no answer, just crying for attention;
Yeah just crying out for your attention;
Baby need your attention.

Wandering in this grey area, ain’t good for the soul,
Gotta pin colours to the mast, just like a team at the super bowl;
Yeah just like a team at the super bowl
Please baby join my team at the super bowl.

Gave you far too much time to think,
Didn’t put my thoughts into black ink
Shoulda’ put my thoughts into that black ink
Yeah, black black ink.

The spell got broken, an’ you beat the retreat,
Too many people in the kitchen, couldn’t stand the heat;
No couldn’t stand all that heat;
Baby too much heat.

Can’t waste a minute, can’t wait no longer, can’t stand this pain,
Gotta see you again, just see you’re sweet face again
Yeah come see me again;
Beggin’ you come see me again.

For better or worse gotta come see your sweet face,
Bring you gifts, lilac wine and sweet dreamy lace;
Yeah dreamy sweet gossamer lace;
Dreamy sweet gossamer lace.

Working on the premise that it’s never too late to say hello,
So ain’t gonna worry ‘bout another sweet hammer blow;
Yeah can’t worry bout no hammer blow
Sweet little hammer blow
Just gonna walk up n’ say hello;
Need to have that sweet hammer blow
Yeah hit me baby with your sweet little hammer blow.

Yeah know I’m gonna have to pay the price,
Gonna hammer away, like an axe through ice,
Gonna shatter your shield, and melt that ice
Yeah gonna melt that ice;
Gonna take the pain of that ol’ dry ice.

Know it’s gonna tear me apart;
but gotta start hearing the beat of your beautiful heart;
bury the past, make a new start;
yeah lets make a new start;
Baby, can you make a new start?

Gonna work on the premise it’s never too late,
Don’t tell me I turned up too late,
No don’t tell me I turned up too late,
lets bury the past, get rid of all this hate;
‘cos your love is the key, the key to my fate;
yeah your love is the key;
the answer to the madness of my fate.


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