G                  C                G 
I went through old letters that you wrote me  
    C             G            D 
And followed your words to the bottom of the page  
   G                            C        G 
To find all the things that you tried to show me  
C      G          D             G 
Months ago at the bottom of the page  

G                  C      G 
All the words that I once knew  
      C          G            C          G 
Oh, I    gave to you, yes I      gave to you  
                            C       G                  
And all of the words that I want to know  
     C        G      C           G 
Have dried up in the back of my throat  

G            C         G 
I set sail across your words  
       C             G       C              G 
Hoping never to find shore, never to find shore  
                            C         G 
And in the ocean of ink, I started to sink  
  C          G               D                G 
Before your words filled my lungs with breath again  

G                           C            G 
 There in the light of the evening city sky  
      C          G             D 
The yellows and pinks tell my heart to think  
       G                 C             G 
And my mind to feel this love that is real  
       C           G             D            G 
And to let my lips say at last everything you mean  
     G                    C                G 
So I whisper slow, three words you already know  
         C       G              D 
And the marching band falls in line   
         C        D                  G 
And the symphony leads your lips to mine!