C

   C                           C  G  F 
My love she speaks like silence,
                  C       C  G  F
Without ideals or violence,
                              C
She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
          Dm         F         G
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.

C                  C  G  F
People carry roses,
                         C    C  G  F
And make promises by the hours,
                            C
My love she laughs like the flowers,
Dm   G           C
Valentines can't buy her.

C                                  C  G  F
In the dime stores and bus stations,
                   C     C  G  F
People talk of situations,
                      C
Read books, repeat quotations,
         Dm      F      G
Draw conclusions on the wall.

C                       C  G  F
Some speak of the future,
                   C     C  G  F
My love she speaks softly,
                                  C
She knows there's no success like failure
         Dm              G       C
And that failure's no success at all.

C                           C  G  F
The cloak and dagger dangles,
                 C      C  G  F
Madams light the candles.
                     C
In ceremonies of the horsemen,
         Dm        F      G
Even the pawn must hold a grudge.

C                           C  G  F
Statues made of match sticks,
                  C     C  G  F
Crumble into one another,
                            C
My love winks, she does not bother,
          Dm          G           C
She knows too much to argue or to judge.

C (G F) C (G F) C Dm G C

C                              C  G  F
The bridge at midnight trembles, 
                   C       C  G  F
The country doctor rambles,
                        C
Bankers' nieces seek perfection,
          Dm                 F        G
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring.

C                           C  G  F
The wind howls like a hammer,
                         C    C  G  F
The night blows cold and rainy,
                        C
My love she's like some raven
      Dm            G      C
At my window with a broken wing.