My Best Friend Warned Me

(from the CD Nails and Crosses)

My best friend warned me
If I fell in love with you
I'd be in danger
Only crazy people fall
For perfect strangers
Didn't you know?
He said you'd blind me
He said you'd hide your heart
Someplace I'd never find it
He said your perfect face
Had no soul behind it
And I'd die slow.
But I never really heard
A single word my best friend said
I rushed in like a fool
Where wise men fear to tread.

Your smile was magic
As if you'd played the tragic clown
Just once too often
Waiting for a world of stone
To soften
Like my heart did for you.
And when I held you
All the sadness fell away
And we were flying
Praying softly; holding on and sighing
Like lovers do.
So I never really heard
A single word my best friend said
I rushed in like a fool
Where wise men fear to tread.

Wise men fade away
And the years roll right on by
Heroes always make
One big mistake
A gambler falls apart
When lady luck betrays his heart
But this could be my lucky day
Maybe you're my lucky break.

God knows I need you
Like a sailboat needs the wind
I'm lost without you
Happy just to wrap my arms
About you
You're everything I need
I'll be there for you
I'll stand by you
And live my days around you
I'll always bless the perfect
Day I found you
And you found me.
And I'm so glad I never heard
A single word my best friend said
I rushed in like a fool
Where wise men fear to tread.