He maintains heavy storms are rolling from the north towards the south

He maintains he can smell a lie every time the president opens his mouth

He maintains one has got to think twice and remains in doubt

And he maintains he loves you

He maintains the cranes are late and there'll be consequences thereof

He maintains love ain't coming back like one of Noah's doves

And that love that expects is like an empty bluff

And he maintains he loves you

He maintains he loves you

He maintains the road is rough and there is no time for vows

He says he thinks of his mother every time snowflakes are coming down

He maintains these days the fascists dare to crawl out of their dirty rotten holes

And he maintains he loves you

He maintains he loves you

He maintains the truth is never loud and is mostly what you do not see

He maintains he can prove you had been with me

The night Mike Scott was singing Out of All This Blue'

And he maintains he loves you

He maintains the end of childhood is the source of longing for redemption

Everyone is a slave and freedom is a deception

That faith without any doubts is one holy exception

He maintains he loves you

He maintains he loves you

I found a bird sitting in the dark shadow of a dying tree

I took it home

Cured its wing

But the price of love is grief

On the day it flew away

it took with it

the best part of me