When I Write the Book

[Verse 1]

Well, I can remember like it was only yesterday

Love was young and foolish, like a little child at play

But, oh how love has changed, I never dreamed how easily

For now I'm just a shadow of the boy I used to be

Oh yeah, yeah

[Chorus]

And when I write the book about my love

It will be about a man who was torn in half

About his hope and ambition wasted through the years

The pain will be written on every page in tears

Oh, when I write (When I write the book)

Oh, when I write the book about my love (When I write the book about my love)

[Verse 2]

I was a fool to myself when I kept on runnin' around

And I fared little better when I tried settling down

Maybe some magic moments have I known, but not for long

For, all too soon, the magic was in a moment gone

Oh yeah, yes

[Chorus 2]

And when I write the book about my love

It'll be a heartbreaking story of bad luck in love

When I get down on the pages all I felt

It will make the hardest-hearted of critics' heart melt

When I write (When I write the book)

Oh, when I write the book about my love (When I write the book about my love)

[Verse 3]

When I was young, love was fun, and I was so happy

I looked so good, I dressed so snappy

Two-tone shoes on my feet, big old smile on my face

As I moved, grooved, grooved 'round over the place

Now I'm down-at-heel and my complexion is bad

Because my love life is sadder than sad

[Chorus 3]

But when I write the book about my love

It'll be a pop publication, tougher than tough

When I get down on the pages all I missed

It will shoot to the top of the best-sellers list

When I write (When I write the book)

Oh, when I write the book about my love (When I write the book)

[Outro]

Thousand words a day, easily (When I write the book)

Oh, when I write the book about my love (When I write the book)

The world will be a puppet's happy dream [?] (When I write the book)

When I write the book about my love