| D Em | Seems like only yesterday, I left my mind behind |
| D Em | Down in the Gypsy Cafe, with a friend of a friend of mine |
| D Am | She sat with a baby heavy on her knee |
| D Am | Yet spoke of life most free from slavery |
| D Am | With eyes that showed no trace of misery |
| D Am | A phrase in connection first with she |
| C D | I heard, that |
| D7 G | Love is just a four-letter word. |
| D Em | Outside a rambling store-front window, cats meowed to the break of day |
| D Em | Me, I kept my mouth shut, to you I had no words to say |
| D Am | My experience was limited and underfed |
| D Am | You were talking while I hid |
| D Am | To the one who was the father of your kid |
| D Am | You probably didn't think I did, but |
| C D | I heard, you say that |
| D7 G | Love is just a four-letter word. |
| D Em | I said goodbye unnoticed, pushed towards things in my own games |
| D Em | Drifting in and out of lifetimes, unmentionable by name |
| D Am | Searching for my double, looking for |
| D Am | Complete evaporation to the core |
| D Am | Though I tried and failed at finding any door |
| D Am | I must have thought that there was nothing more |
| C D | Absurd, than that |
| D7 G | Love is just a four-letter word. |
| D Em | Though I never knew just what you meant, when you were speaking to your man |
| D Em | I can only think in terms of me, and now I understand |
| D Am | After waking enough times to think I see |
| D Am | The Holy Kiss that's supposed to last eternity |
| D Am | Blow up in smoke, its destiny |
| D Am | Falls on strangers, travels free |
| D Am | Yes, I know now, traps are only set by me |
| D Am | And I do not really need to be |
| C D | Assured, that |
| D7 G | Love is just a four-letter word. |