When I Write the Book

Well I can remember

Like it was only yesterday

Love was young and foolish

Like a little child at play

But oh how lovers change

I never dreamed how easily

For now I'm just a shadow

Of the boy I used to be

Oh yeah yeah

And when I write the book

About my love

It will be about a man who's torn in half

About his hopes and ambition

Wasted through the years

The pain will be written on every page in tears

When I write (When I write the book)

When I write the book about my love

(When I write the book about my love)

I was a fool to myself

I kept on runnin' around

And I fared little better

When I tried settlin' down

Maybe some magic moment

(When I write the book)

I've never known one, not for long

(When I write the book)

All too soon the magic

(When I write the book)

Is in a moment gone

Oh yeah yeah

And when I write the book

About my love

It'll be a heartbreaking story

Of bad love and luck

When I get down on the pages all I felt

It will make the hardest-hearted of a critic's heart melt

When I write (When I write the book)

When I write the book about my love

(When I write the book about my love)

Maybe some magic moment

I've never known one, not for long

For all too soon the magic

Was in a moment gone

Oh yeah

And when I write the book about my love

It'll be a pop publication, tougher than tough

When I get down on the pages all I missed

It will shoot to the top of the best-sellers list

When I write (When I write the book)

When I write the book about my love

(When I write the book about my love)

When I write (When I write the book)

When I write the book about my love

(When I write the book about my love)

(When I write the book)

When I write (When I write the book about my love)

About my love

(When I write the book)

When I write (When I write the book about my love)

(When I write the book)

When I write (When I write the book about my love)

(When I write the book)