To My Valentine

D# A# G# D# A# D# Cm D# A# G# D# A# G# A# Cm D# G# D# A# D# Cm D# C# Cm D# D# G# D# A# From far away I'm coveting your white violet skin G# D# A# And missing the fall of your hair D# G# D# A# Worlds away I'm courting your everything G# D# A# And giving you all that I dare G# A# Cm D# I long to stay but the road has my number G# D# A# Still I don't have to miss you for long G# A# Cm D# Little did I know, all these new thoughts of home G# D# A# Come Tuesday or Wednesday I'm gone D# G# D# A# Never had such Valentines as these on my mind G# D# A# All the faces I've seen, the places I've been D# G# Cm C# They don't stack up, even at the same time G# A# D# To you and your white violet skin D# G# Cm A# How can one claim perfect love, perfect trust G# D# A# And not know the wonders I know? D# G# Cm A# Dreams are all well and good, but mine live and breathe G# D# A# Who knew? You came true, I suppose. G# A# Cm D# If wishing on stars ever falls out of fashion G# D# A# We can move to the Pleiades with no backward glance G# A# Maybe between worlds and blackness Cm D# I'll get up the nerve G# D# A# To finally ask you to dance D# G# D# A# There'll be space for you always in my harmony G# D# A# Though I never knew this before D# G# Cm A# Every note, "I love you," no matter the chord G# A# D# That's all any love song is for G# A# D# That's all any love song is for Cm D# C# The wild foxes danced when you laughed in your cradle G# D# A# The magpies fell silent when you learned to sing G# D# C# Imagine my luck, to be part of your fable G# D# A# A# Where you hold my heart like the fruit in your hand Cm D# C# The mockingbird sang when I lay in my cradle G# D# A# The pipers all played when I rose up to stand G# D# C# I'll walk all the roads 'til I'm no longer able G# D# A# A# D# And treasure your heart like the song in my hand G# Cm A# G# D# A# G# A# Cm D# Just to say I love you in well-hidden ways G# D# A# That's all any song says, each note when it's played G# A# Cm D# This one's too honest, but you're smiling, I pray. G# D# A# I am wide open, only a little afraid D# G# D# A# From far away I'm coveting your white violet skin G# D# A# And missing the fall of your hair D# G# Cm A# With just a laugh you rearranged the world as it is G# D# A# Spoke your heart and gave me leave to care G# A# Cm D# I will ever long to stay but the road has my number G# D# A# Still I don't have to miss you for long G# A# Cm D# Little did I know, all these new thoughts of home G# D# A# To tether me when I am gone D# G# Cm A# Never had such Valentines as these on my mind G# D# A# All the faces I've seen, the places I've been D# G# D# C# They will never stack up, even at the same time G# D# To you and your white violet skin G# A# D# To you and your white violet skin