Harmless Love

what's the matter with harmless

take a new step in an old direction

if you think about tenderness

what's the matter with harmless love

i take a little walk outside

in a town that brings me

pears and peaches

i'm busting with love inside

and it's always more than it ever teaches

on the curb i pass a friend of mine

we seem a little older maybe a little wiser

we laugh about the shades of time

and marvel at love, the great skyrider

what's the matter with harmless

(harmless)

take a new step in an old direction

if you think about tenderness

(think about, think about a little tenderness)

what's the matter with a hand-on-a-hand affection

do you dream about a new day

(harmless)

you gotta dream about something strong and simple

(dream)

"each and every" is a kind thing to say

what's the matter with harmless love

you play it cool and then you love someone

you try to fight it but kind love knows

you tell yourself you're in it just for fun

but ain't it funny how good love shows

you know how to tell a joke in troubled times

pass the sugar on a cold dark night

spend a nickel just to save that dime

toward a winter that will bite just right

what's the matter with harmless

(harmless)

take a new step in an old direction

if you think about tenderness

(think about, think about a little tenderness)

what's the matter with a hand-on-a-hand affection

do you dream about a new day

(harmless)

you gotta dream about something strong and simple

(dream)

"each and every" is a kind thing to say

what's the matter with harmless love

light a candle for softness

light a candle for friends til they come thru

light a candle for warm, kind love

light a candle for me and you

'cause there's a reason we've come here

are we holding back or are we willing for a connection

while knowing what we hold most dear

must eventually surrender to it's own direction

what's the matter with harmless

(harmless)

take a new step in an old direction

you think about tenderness

(think about, think about a little tenderness)

what's the matter with a hand-on-a-hand affection

do you dream about a new day

(harmless)

you gotta dream about something strong and simple

(dream)

"each and every" is a kind thing to say

what's the matter with harmless love