I was walking down the street
After an all night show
When an old lady started to tell me about a guy she used to know

She said he was a Navy Man,
He served his country from the sea
And he showed her the world
And they lived oh so happily

But she said that he got drafted
Sometime around the war
And she would spend every night
Hoping to hear the door

When she finally heard a knock
It wasn't who she thought
The two men in colours turned her stomach into knots

If love is lying on a cold bed
Waiting for someone to warm your bones
If love if waiting helplessly for all of life's unknowns
If love is cutting every damn thread
From the heart you've sewn!

Then I think I'll leave love alone...

Said she fell into drinking while she waited for his call
"His ship was only lost at sea, it meant nothing at all."
She had started sinking, skipping meals to light a torch
So he would have a little lighthouse to guide him to the porch

The all the months, they turned to years
And she lost touch with friends
Ignored every letter that the Navy didn't send
She says she hasn't given up, even though she's old and grey
She looked me right in the eyes said "love will find a way"

If love is sitting on the front porch
Waiting for someone who will never come home
If love is getting boozed up and blacking out next to the phone
If love is giving up everyone and everything you've ever known
Then I think I'll leave love alone

Then I think I'll leave love alone

(Sometimes I think I'll die alone)