After emotions are felt, expressed, where do they go? Is there a place where spent passion collects? Surely it can’t simply vaporize, disappear like smoke. There must be a secret hiding place. For every old love affair, a locked room. – Lan Samantha Chang
“All I want you to know
Is your love is
life changing
I couldn’t be the same
without you darling
Your love is
life saving“
i paid her
the money i owed.
and we had a goodbye
beer.
Though
i would see her again,
it was still goodbye.
WE had been a mistake,
both us knew.
She left
without looking back
and i didn’t watch
her go.
i was left
alone
with an empty glass
and a forgiving wife
i love more
than before.
2/26/1976
Affairs of the hearts Together we’ve grown If ever apart All I want you to know Is your love is life changing And I couldn’t be the same without you darling Your love is life saving You always catch me when I fall When the tour bus drop off And all light lock off and i’m a mere mortal again Promoter belly full and all the fans gone home I’m glad that you’re more than a friend Woman your love is life changing And I couldn’t be the same without you darling Your love is life saving You always catch me when I fall There’s people just like you and me We pass them in the traffic That never fall in love and so me have it say me lucky ’nuff a dem nuh fortunate enough to have somebody Some just cannot see beyond the flesh and its so funny Never get too caught up in yourself to feel the magic True love come and pass you by in life that is so tragic Opportunity is scarce so take it while you have it Nuh wait ’til you a panic Well the last man yu deh wid mek a big mistake Lef’ an’ gone fi good and miss out something weh great Loyal and full a faith when nuff a dem a move fake Our ting separate we can’t separate ’cause I would miss you baby And I can’t do without you darling Yes and I would miss you baby Girl yu know I love you bad Affairs of the heart Together we’ve grown If things fall apart All I want you to know Woman your love is life changing And I couldn’t be the same without you darling Your love is life saving You always catch me when I fall When I’m away it’s like my songs all waste because you’re not near to hear me If I lost my way I’d know I’d be OK ‘cauase you’d be there to care me And woman I can see tings clearly You genuine because you love sincerely You never let me down not even nearly Not even barely Girl you know I love you bad Some see the laughter and don’t see the tears Some see the courage and don’t see the fear Some for themselves and they don’t intend to share Some say a love and only pretend to care Well nuff a dem a just miss congeniality Dem pretty face and dem nah face reality Well dem a quantity woman you a quality Girl yuh know I love you bad Affairs of the heart Together we’ve grown If ever apart All I want you to know Is your love is life changing I couldn’t be the same without you darling Your love is life saving You always catch me when I fall