Story Behind The Song

My ex-wife always wanted me to write a love song for her, but I just could never quite pull it off. So I wrote this one in response. And thus, she is my ex.

Song Description

A man is unable to declare his love for his woman, even though, on paper, she is perfect. Sometthing about the word "love" is very unsettling to him.

Lyrics

Even though
you?re the most stunning woman
I have ever seen.
Even though
you?re smiles? so infectious
they should quarantine.
Even though
your lust for life
leaves me too breathless
to beg for more.
Even though
your most annoying habits
I somehow adore.

I don?t write love songs?
sentimental and cheap.
I don?t write love songs?
pure stinking heap.
I may be jaded,
a stone cold pit.
But I don?t write love songs,
so get used to it.

Even though
when it comes to sex
you?re open to it all.
Even though
when you wink at me
my heart will often stall.
Even though
you laugh at my jokes
when usually they just
whiz on by.
Even though
when you hold my hand
I have been known to cry.

I don?t write love songs?
pure trashy tripe.
I don?t write love songs?
sophomoric hype.
I am who I am
without restraints,
and I don?t write love songs,
so no complaints.

I have to stop
for a moment
and drink you all in.
Just don?t expect me
to classify
these feelings within.
I suppose that there is a chance
it?s love that I feel.
But if you make me
confess to it
I?ll surely doubt
if it?s real.

Even though
your breath tastes so sweet
I could overdose.
Even though
when you?re away
I sleep with your ghost.
Even though
you can warm the winter,
bridge the river,
read my mind.
Even though
you?re the holy grail
of all woman kind.

I don?t write love songs ?