I'm in love with love but love's a fucked up mess Wrapped up in broken heart strings It seems that every time I try to make a move I've got so much to lose it confuses things Oh, my darling, hearts and minds can change like the weather Oh, my darling, though we'll never end up together I'm in love with love but love's a fucked up mess Tied up in strands of memory It seems a stolen moment 'tween a couple of fools Can set them off indefinitely Oh, my darling, hearts and minds can change like the weather Oh, my darling, though we'll never end up together But once in a while when the morning sun hits her hair A smile lights up her face at something I've said Oh, no, I didn't plan on this I think I'm in love I think I'm in love I think I'm in love I know I'm in love

Oh Caroline when you were mine I was an awful man I ran around this town without a care for you at all Oh Caroline when you were mine I slept around this place I didn't hide my face but now I feel I ought to Oh Caroline I'm so sorry for all the things I did to hurt you I'd take them back again If we could still be friends, my darling Oh Caroline when you were mine I couldn't control myself I was a little man, I know you understand I really loved you Oh Caroline when you were mine I did some awful things I made a mess it seems and in the end you left me Oh Caroline I'm so sorry for all the things I did to hurt you I'd take them back again If we could still be friends, my darling At least I keep telling myself that we could work this out it doesn't have to end like this Oh Caroline I'm so sorry for all the things I did to hurt you I'd take them back again If we could just be friends, my darling Oh Caroline another year has gone and I'm without you I swear I'm older now I'm even wiser somehow and I want you Oh Caroline it's wintertime my bones are lonely I'll make it up to you it's all I've got to do to show I love you Oh Caroline I'm so sorry for all the things I did to hurt you I'd take them back again If we could still be friends I'd take them back again If we could just be friends, my darling

I said I seem to remember what love feels like to be burning away one hour at a time but unable to give in to my desire for the fear that I would mess the whole thing up so I hang in the back and make a fool of myself just hoping to catch your attention for another smile or the feeling of having you drag your fingers across my back oh oh oh oh I'm hoping that your daddy isn't treating you right I'm hoping he makes you miserable that you come runnin to me in a desperate moment to see that I've been here all along At the edges of our conversations I've been telling you just as much for so many years I'm beginning to think that you have to know something by now oh oh oh oh 'cause you ain't stopping me from carrying on with my playful ways of making a fool of myself over and over for you baby I rather enjoy the way that you're letting me into your life even though you'd be doing me wrong if you're setting me up for the fall that we know is coming yes we know it's coming oh oh oh oh I continue to let you make a mess of my life unable to give in to my desires unable to give up the notion that I should let you go all I can do is tip my heart at you over and over and over knowing that sooner or later there's a chance that you'll end up at my door in the middle of a lonely night oh oh oh oh 'cause you ain't stopping me from carrying on with my playful ways of making a fool of myself over and over for you baby I rather enjoy the way that you're letting me into your life even though you're doing me wrong if you're setting me up for the fall that we know is coming yes we know it's coming If you ever want to pack it all in why don't you stop on over we can play house baby I know where to begin Where we're gonna be after all of this hell, it's just another week of holding on with my heart in my hands and my head out the window and my fierce desire for you - my fierce desire for you oh oh oh oh 'cause you ain't stopping me from carrying on with my playful ways of making a fool of myself over and over for you baby I rather enjoy the way that you're letting me into your life even though you'd be doing me wrong if you're setting me up for the fall that we know is coming yes we know it's coming

Isolation's a familiar friend who tells me jokes and plays tricks on me He pours me drinks and laughs when I make for the door Isolation invites himself to dinner Insists on coming - doesn't make polite conversation Overstays out of habit when I shoo him away One step back for every one forward Seems like I'll never be rid of him Every time I kick him out He turns up when I least expect Isolation is a strange bedfellow willing to stay the night - keeping me up for hours Stealing covers just to show that he's still there Isolation is entwined with my voice playing counterpoint to my melody harmonies come and go until I'm singing alone harmonies come and go until I'm singing alone

I'm sorry baby but I was feeling invisible When Mona walked into to the kitchen asking 'bout how I've been One thing led to another - her hand brushed against my hand Yeah, I know she's got her man but he was treating her cruel, you see Simple words exchanged - we were meeting on Tuesday Autumn leaves blew by all the trees were dying just like our love Now, I'm packing a suitcase, looking for a place to live that doesn't involve you screaming every time I enter a room If you cared that much about me when we were lovers it would change all this but it's too late for starting over I've got my bags packed, I've got my new life Simple words exchanged - we would meet on Tuesdays Watching Fall turn into Winter time All the trees were dead just like our love Maybe the new lives we have are not what we thought they would be Maybe the new loves we have are not quite as good as they seem But the summer leaves change and fall off to make way for the Winter time It's the same in this heart of mine I'm sorry baby but the feeling was mutual You probably won't admit it there goes your selfish pride One thing led to another- my heart demanded that I make a change I was useless to stop it from changing it said to leave you behind Simple choice to make - like the leaves in Autumn They have to fall away for the new ones to take their place

Maybe if I go to bed and dream tonight Maybe if I close my eyes real tight Maybe I'll wake in the morning light and you'll be next to me Maybe if I wish upon that star Maybe if my luck can reach that far It'll find you wherever you are And you'll be next to me I don't know the rules of this game but I'm probably breaking every one So I'll dream on, baby, dream on I don't know how I can explain what has been going on So I'll dream on, baby, dream on Maybe it'll be a passionate night you and your man'll be curled up tight Maybe something won't feel so right you should be next to me Maybe a letter arrived at your door Maybe you knew what I was looking for Maybe I shoulda said so much more than I did today I don't know the rules of this game but I'm probably breaking every one So I'll dream on, baby, dream on I don't know how I can explain what has been going on So I'll dream on, baby, dream on And in the morning I wake alone To an empty house that doesn't feel like home I can have somebody lying next to me But it doesn't feel right After dreams of you all night So I'll close my eyes again So I'll have a chance again To dream on, baby, dream on Maybe if I wait long enough Maybe if I bide my time some more Maybe I'll hear a knock at my door and you'll be next to me Maybe I'll be the lonely one living in a world without you Maybe that's how it has to be you're not next to me I don't know the rules of this game but I'm probably breaking every one So I'll dream on, baby, dream on I don't know how I can explain what has been going on So I'll dream on, baby, dream on