Just One Word

I'll tell you a secret

That I don't even understand myself—

Long ago, yesterday, ten thousand years

And I only remember it now, he said

"Not one word

Not one word"

Down by the graveyard

In the blaze and the press of the gold leaves—

It's there he would drive me sometimes

Praise me and kiss me and make me swear

Not one word

Not one word, word...

Sometimes I feel lucky

Sometimes I can't get to sleep at night

I can't love anyone—let them love me—

And I think that there is no place for me here

In this world

In this world, world...

What I remember

Is not the kiss or the fear or his face

Long ago, yesterday, ten thousand years

The torment of burning to say

Just one word

Just one word

Just one word

Just one word

No