Lover

When you held your hand to my heart,
Dear, you did something grand to my heart,
And we played the scene to perfection,
Though we didn’t have time to rehearse.

Since you took control of my life
You have become the whole of my life.
When you are away it’s awful
And when you are with me it’s worse.

Lover, when I’m near you
And I hear you speak my name
Softly in my ear you breathe a flame.

Lover, when we’re dancing
keep on glancing in my eyes,
Till Love’s own entrancing music dies.

All of my future is in you.
You’re ev’ry plan I design
Promise you’ll always continue to be mine.

Lover, please be tender,
When you’re tender fears depart,
Lover, I surrender to my heart.

I say “The devil is in you.”
And to resist you I try;
But if you didn’t continue I would die!

Lover, please be tender,
When you’re tender fears depart,
Lover, I surrender to my heart.