Oh My Love

She wrote to me and said in a letter

That she wanted to see if she could do better

She thought that she could if only I'd let her

And that's where she stood for worse or for better

And I couldn't argue 'cause deep down I knew

As much as it pained me, well, I felt it too

And, oh, my love, we've got to be more careful in the future

And, oh, how much it helps to talk about it and let it out

Yesterday I found a picture of me

When I was a baby and I was to be

A man with no home, adrift in the sea

No plan of his own, so careless and free

It makes me sad but then deep down I know

That all is not lost and there's still room to grow

Oh, my love, we've got to be more careful in the future

And oh, how much it helps to talk about it and get it out

We could be lovers or we could be friends

Smother each other but that's how it ends

Could be the wrong words that mean everything

Like two lonely songbirds that don't want to sing

And it's hard to swallow but deep down inside

I know that it's true and it can't be denied

Oh, my love, we've got to be more careful in the future

And oh, how much it helps to talk about it, let it out

And I'm so proud of the way we face the truth about our future

And so, my love, what will we do without it, do without it