Hold back the day a little longer
I need the night to make me blind
I didn't know it but I know it now
I only knew you as a stranger all this time
I thought I'd climbed up every mountain
I thought I'd walked each weary shore
But every word hits like a hammer
And I can't take it any more
A woman for a friend is no answer for a man
He needs a lover too
Someone to be beside him
to share each winning hand
To help him see it through
You mouth frames words
that cannot hide your face
It's written there in every line
I didn't know it but I know it now
I only knew you as a stranger all this time