Your half of the flesh and blood ~

Once upon a time, in a life lived by someone who may have once resembled me, this song was dedicated to a young woman by a man...this man told her many beautiful things, none of which were true. She wouldn't know for many years of his deception, and so she willingly and happily believed that the words of this beautiful song were truly meant by him, for her.

Regardless of all of that above, this really is a beautiful song, even after all these years. It has that timeless quality to it and I do list it as an all-time favorite of mine.  Lyrics are below ~

Baby, don't understand
Why we can't just hold on to each other's hands?
This time might be the last if fear unless
I make it all too clear I need you so, ohh

Take these broken wings
And learn to fly again, learn to live so free
When we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these broken wings

Baby, I think tonight
We can take what was wrong and make it right
Baby, it's all I know that you're half of the flesh
And blood that makes me whole, I need you so.

So take these broken wings
And learn to fly again, learn to live so free
When we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Yeah, yeah

Let us in
Let us in

Baby, it's all I know that you're half of the flesh
And blood that makes me whole
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

So take these broken wings
And learn to fly again, learn to live so free
And when we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in

Take these broken wings
You got to learn to fly, learn to live and love so free
When we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up for us and let us in
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh