The house can get cold When there's no one to share The Sun in the kitchen The creak on the stairs The pictures of friends Crooked blurs on the walls The pot of hydrangea Alone in the hall You were a breeze idly passing me by Dropped in my lap like a stone from the sky When I come home now you're waiting right there To offer an apple, a plum or a pear So close your eyes valentine Try to sleep some other time Your burden's lying on the ground Between our shadows now House can get cold When there's no one to share Weight on your conscious Not in your hair Walk with me now and We'll seek our reward In the simple contentment Time can afford So close your eyes valentine Try to sleep some other time Your burden's lying on the ground Between our shadows now