Lyrics

After Words
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Matthew Phillips (©1998 Matthew Phillips, BMI)

I could never paint the palette, I cannot write the song
I can't sculpt a masterpiece to convey how much I long
To have you near me...please be near me

I want to caress your velvet hair
I want to kiss you everywhere
I want to cry these tears of sorrow on your breast
How much I need you cannot be expressed
In merely words

(Chorus #1)
Sometimes after words-- Words said in anger
Words that never should be said
There's always more to be expressed
After words
And as they say,
For all the argument there was,
We only "had words between us."
But sometimes after words...
Words...aren't enough

I would walk any desert, I would swim any sea
If you told me to
If it would bring you
Here to me...be here with me

I want to caress your velvet hair
I want to kiss you everywhere
I want to cry these tears of sorrow on your breast
How much I need you cannot be expressed...
In merely words.

(Chorus #2)
Sometimes after words-- Words to say "I'm sorry,"
Words to fill the emptiness
There's always more to be expressed
Afterward
And as they say
For all the argument there was
We only "had words between us."
But sometimes after words...
Words...aren't enough.