Understanding Love

I see couples walking strollers

And the barrel rolling surfers on the waves

Back packers home from hikes

Swedish girls upon push bikes out on the bay

Twenty million grains of sand

It's by far the promised land

And I'll always be a fan

Still I have to board a plane in seven days

It should not be bittersweet

When the scene out on the street is so alluring

But as a music man by trade

It's not hard to be persuaded into touring

Will I find my lost boys club?

And outgrown my road house grub

But for all the ticket stubs

Still I cannot overcome the way I'm feeling

I will never understand my love

When understanding love is impossible

All I know is love is what we've got

And what we've got I'll never throw away

I will never understand my love

No, I won't

And then the situation with the girl who's in my life

My gorgeous lover

I admitted I was leaving

So my ma's begun her grieving undercover

I put on my bravest face

And my hopes so out of place

Before we wrestle with the distance

Just the phone bill and persistence as our buffer

I will never understand my love

When understanding love is impossible

All I know is love is what we've got

And what we've got I'll never throw away

But I will never understand my love

No, I won't

I remember when mum said if I can't afford a bed

Then there's the spare room

But she would not leave a key

Since apparently my father stole an heirloom

Though the marriage break was fierce

It's been over twenty years

And she still won't dry her tears

Since my parents chose to sleep in separate bedrooms

So I will never understand my love

When understanding love is impossible

All I know is love is what we've got

And what we've got I'll never throw away

No, I will never understand my love

When understanding love is impossible

All I know is love is what we've got

And what we've got I'll never throw away

But I will never understand, my love

I'll never understand