The Gates of Love

Gates of Love (©A. Calhoun, 1984-2013)

Who will throw open the gates of love?
Who will throw open the gates of love?
Hung in the silence and darkness around us
Who will throw open the gates of love?

People get drunk and get lost and get used to it
People go wrong and go numb and get used to it
People see love and they shake and they quake
And they cry, and they try, but they never get used to it

(Chorus)

I was forgotten and self-deceived
Cried out forsaken and was not believed
I was lost in a crowd until with you and lying safe
Under this cloth that we wear and we weave

(Chorus)

I have a friend in Oconomowoc
He understands me, so we never talk
We stand around awkward, our minds shake hands
In accord, on the floor of the forest we walk

(Chorus)

My wife and I, we watch our weight
But still we keep stumbling on a hill of hatred
With better times coming, and better times gone
Hurry up, wait for me, come along, carry on

(Chorus)

Ignorance circles the world at war
And tries to tell us what we are for
Cloakrooms and boardrooms and armies and money
Run father and mother, and baby born

(Chorus)