You're Lovely to Me

You're lovely to me, yes you are
We've traveled together, we've traveled so far
Your tongue it is wise and there's love in your eyes
Deep and blue

You're lovely to me, yes you are
And Venus ascending is surely your star
I've seen how you shine
But I can't make you mine it is true

You're a midsummer mountain in bloom
Heather and linden are the fruit of your womb
There's honey and sap in the couch of your lap
Lady Day

There's nothing that you would not provide
When all is despair you are there at my side
It is you that is near, it is you that gives ear
When I pray

You're lovely to me, yes you are
You've been out on the road with a craving for tar
You know what you need, yes you're canny in deed
And in name

You're lovely to me, yes you are
And I'll see you tonight in a local bar
We'll be wed before dawn and by morning
We're one and the same

The old ones they knew you, my love
They set you to reason and it sullied a dove
But how could they try you or demystify you
With words?

You're a city that's pulling me still
You keep me from sleeping and you strengthen my will
The gates they are strong but they open for song
I have heard

You're lovely to me, yes you are
You're the beautiful one that time cannot mar
Your lost in the eyes of my love as she cries
All for joy

You're lovely to me, yes you are
You're the elusive chord on my old guitar
You're hidden 'neath veils that our love making fails
To destroy

There's all I desire in your voice
I fear I am bold, but you leave me no choice
You know that to ask me to turn from my task
Would be vain

You're a rose that for no man will yield
You have many names and all of them sealed
Your empire is vast from the first to the last
You remain

You're lovely to me, yes you are
It's war all the time but you bare no scar
You glitter like sand as it runs through my hands
To the sea

You're lovely to me, yes you are
You're my drunken companion it's right that you are
Your love takes me higher your love is the fire
In me