You're Lovely to Me

You're lovely to me, yes you are We've traveled together, we've traveled so far Your tongue it is wise And there's love in your eyes deep and blue You're lovely to me, yes you are And venus ascending is surely your star I've seen how you shine But I can't make you mine, it is true You're a midsummer mountain in bloom Heather and linden, oh, the fruit of your womb There's honey and sap in the couch of your lap Lady day There's nothing that you would not provide When all is despair, you are there at my side It is you that is near, it is you that gives ear When I pray You're lovely to me, yes you are You're the beautiful one that time cannot mar You're lost in the eyes of my love as she cries All for joy You're lovely to me, yes you are You're the elusive chord on my old guitar You're hidden 'neath veils that our love making fails To destroy There's all I desire in your voice I fear I am bold but you leave me no choice You know that to ask me to turn from my task Would be vain You're a rose that for no man will yield You have many names and all of 'em sealed Your empire is vast from the first to the last You remain You're lovely to me, yes you are It's war all the time but you bare no scar You glitter like sand as it runs through my hands To the sea You're lovely to me, yes you are You're my drunken companion It's right that you are Your love takes me higher Your love is the fire in me