The crowd at the gate is hanging on late like posters from some lost campaign
Suits loose and frayed, their hats blown away, sails catching nothing but rain
I stand with a rope tied firm to the hope that will leave a good night where it fell
and that light burst and free is coming for me, let's love and let's do loving well
Now I woke in a cloud after speaking aloud to a vision of you in the street
Back in a room the heat in full bloom I see lilies grow wild at my feet
So down the line I'll keep your heart in mine and our lungs ring an hourly bell
It's as clear as the moon as it follows and taps on my shoulder; I'm under a spell
Out here in the night where I once lost the fight and abandoned all hope for a home
I seek out her shape, you know she is my escape and I'll follow wherever she goes
The hinge of her door well it groans and roars and what stands between us like a veil
Is my fear and my doubt, but I turn and sing darling, let's love and let's do loving well
let's love and let's do loving well
let's love and let's do loving well