Love Cuts the Strings

The first thing that happened was the river overflowed

The water running through the streets and was sweet and

cold

I knelt by the water like a doe by a stream

Punch-drunk, snowblind, as though the whole thing were a

bad dream

And then love pulled out the heavy artillery

Kypris took the horses by the bit for the morning ride

I count my blessings, but you can only be expected to

count so high

When love cuts the strings

I smeared myself with pennyroyal to keep the hounds at

bay

You poked your head out of an alley half a block away

And i recognized you, though i'm not sure how

And the air turned red around you

As a dull chill came down over me

And then love summoned up the infantry

And the green-eyed goddess got ready for all out war

And i'd count my blessings,

But i don't even know what the word blessing means

When love cuts the strings

Yeah!