Eyes of love - A1 (Country, Love, slower)

Eyes of Love
By Paul Helderle

Verse 1

I’ve seen the eyes of love
Staring back at me, eye to eye
I’ve felt the hand of love
Lift me up when I was running dry

I’ve known the warmth of love
In a tender midnight embrace
But I let it slip through my fingers
Like rain I could not place

Pre-Chorus

Oh, where, where did that love go?
I took it for granted, never helped it grow
I was blind to the garden while the flowers died
Now I’m left with the weeds I left behind

Chorus

‘Cause karma, karma, karma comes around
And wisdom only speaks when it’s finally found
You only know what you know when you finally see
But don’t let yesterday steal tomorrow from me

Don’t repeat the shadows
Don’t replay the pain
The lesson costs too much
To make that mistake again

Verse 2

Time in a bottle’s just a dream
Love in a bottle slowly dies
Love ain’t a trophy on a shelf
It’s a living thing inside

It needs a hand to hold it
Needs a heart that’s unafraid
Needs the little things we overlook
Day after day after day

Chorus

‘Cause karma, karma, karma comes around
And wisdom only speaks when it’s finally found
You only know what you know when you finally see
But don’t let yesterday steal tomorrow from me

Bridge

Is it too much to give this time around?
A little more listening, a little less pride?
A little more presence, a little less running?
A little more truth when it’s easier to hide?

No, I don’t think so
No, I think I know
The road I should’ve traveled
A long, long time ago

Final Verse

A fool’s fool, that’s what I was
But “was” ain’t where I have to stay
The past is just a photograph
Not a prison for today

So I won’t wear that fool no more
Won’t be the fool I used to be
I’ll keep my eyes wide open now
For the love that’s looking back at me

Outro

I’ve seen the eyes of love
Looking at me eye to eye
This time I’ll hold it gently
This time I won’t let it die