The softest, sweetest thing I know
Is the feel of your lips as they tentatively touch mine

I feel their quiver - as though a butterfly touches my mouth with its wings.  

That faintest feeling
It is my favourite thing

No one told me there’d be days like these
Days of love and sun and fun
No one told me there’d be days like these
Where you and I would be as one

Days sitting by the sea - watching the boats as they head out for the day
The dogs running and the children laughing as they play
An early coffee but saving ourselves for lunch

No one told me there’d be days like these
Days of love and sun and fun
No one told me there’d be days like these
Where you and I would be as one

A walk along the river to a favourite place
Sitting and watching and listening as I watch your face
Are you really going to swim across the Thames?   A seat in a boat seems a better place

No one told me there’d be days like these
Days of love and sun and fun
No one told me there’d be days like these
Where you and I would be as one

And then lying next to you
I can hear you breathe and I can feel you near
I can look into your soulful eyes and see so far away
No one told me there’d be days like these - fine days indeed
No one told me there’d be days like these - fine days indeed

She came in through the window
I wasn’t expecting that
I was looking for someone for a drink or two
But she seems to belong in my flat

We may be quite different but who’d want the same as me
We can’t all be petulant and emotional
I’d rather someone free

She came in through the place I thought was closed
Closed because of all the things that have gone before
But she found the door ajar
And seems to fit right in

She came in through the window
I wasn’t expecting that
But now the window is always open
And I hope she comes and goes

She came in thorough the window
And sits like a flower
Each day a new shape appears
She came in through the window

The first thing I feel

When the morning breaks my sleep

Is the sense of you

When I wake I can sense you near.  

The smell of your perfume hangs in the air around me.
The sheets are crumpled from where you slept and the pillow still holds the shape of your head

Just out of sight I can hear the sound of you cooking.
The aroma of fresh coffee drifts into the bedroom and I know that you are making that very first cup of the day

In a minute you will be here and will kiss my lips and say come with me
We will sit by the window and look out on this autumn morning

People will pass by in the street below, the more pious ones perhaps to church

If they looked up they might see me watching them; they have a solemn look as they walk toward god, but soon I will be closer to heaven than they

In the middle of the night I wake and think of you
I can feel you all around me but you are not here
I remember the the touch of your mouth, the beauty of your smile
And I feel you inside of me

I can sense your presence, the feel of your skin
The laughter that came as we sat and talked

We come from such different places but on that night felt as one
Your beauty held me captivated as I bathed in your eyes
Your words were wisdom to me and I laughed at your jokes
And when our lips touched the world skipped a beat

Next to me two young women sit,
In a tongue I do not know
they talk of unseen things

In their eyes I can see their love and in their faces I can feel the joy of sharing

I do not know of what they speak
But it will be tales of boys and love and youthful dreams

From time to time a familiar name is heard, Alessandro, David to name but two and when they speak they laugh and I can feel their joy

Despite not understanding
the language of love
And friendship rings out true