He's not eighteen

He's not twenty-five

He's closing in on forty

Look at those eyes

He's searching for something

He can not describe

He's not unhappy

He's not satisfied.



He falls in love with covers of slick magazines

With serious actresses

On the screen

All are unattainable except in his dreams

Where his heart and his soul reside.



'Cuz he is afraid of Attainable Love

Afraid it will envelop him, swallow him up

All of his life he has resisted the tug

Of Attainable Love

Attainable Love



His dance card is full

He's so much in demand

He gets nervous when his partners try to hold his hand

He's got to keep his options open

He's that kind of man

The girls he cha-cha's with never understand.



They wonder if he's gay

But the truth is he's not

He just won't settle for whatever it is he's got

They want to Tango

He want's to Fox Trot

Don't even think about the Can-Can

He can't can't.



'Cuz he is afraid of Attainable Love

Afraid it will envelop him - swallow him up

All of his life he has resisted the tug

Of Attainable Love

Attainable Love.



Add me to the list of women

Who think you'll be different with me

Add me to the list of fools

Who flatly refuse to see

That just like me....



He is afraid of Attainable Love

Afraid it will envelop him - swallow him up

All of his life he has resisted the tug

Of Attainable Love

Attainable

He is afraid of Attainable Love

Afraid it will envelop and swallow him up

All of his life he has resisted the tug

Of Attainable Love

Attainable

All of his life he has resisted the tug-aca