Love Comes With a Hook

Lyrics

In the beginning it's so simple In the end it's so complex Love comes with a hook Like "right now" goes with "what's next" The knot was tied tightly And the security not lax But then I never loved a girl From the other side of the tracks In triumph we march in In tragedy we march out Love comes with a hook Like "last chance" goes with "I doubt" I though it would be perfect Or at least exact But then I never loved a girl From the other side of the tracks I've been doing some thinking Reading without result But love comes with a hook Like heroes are followed by cults No matter how deep I dig I can't unearth one fact But then I never loved a girl From the other side of the tracks Fever finds a forehead Weaves a tender torture of sweat Love comes with a hook Someone's last dime in someone's settled debt This night have made a better movie If it started "fade to black" But then I never loved a girl From the other side of the tracks I swore not to go this way again I thought I'd learned But love comes with a hook Like "I'm leaving" or "I returned" I long to see her face alight Alas she turns her back But then I never loved a girl From the other side of the tracks My friends all forgotten Oh perish the though Love comes with a hook All for one and none is naught is not I hear I heard she said what she said I wish she'd take it back But then I never loved a girl From the other side of the tracks Finally it's like any other Tossed unto the wind Love comes with a hook Maiden to rise cease to rend Go to a neutral corner And play with your jacks She brought her baggage And rode the train Stopped at a weigh station But never crossed the track