It's hard to keep a smile on your face

when you're in front of the firing squad

and your last chance to run is runnin' out

Perspective doesn't figure in

once you've got the blindfold on

and your last cigarette is burning down

Well, maybe I can finally get some rest

or maybe you could grant my last request 'cause



Only love can save me now

Only love can save me now

Every wish I sigh echoes off the sky saying

Only love can save me now



It's hard to keep your eye on the prize

when somewhere in the back of your mind

you know the other shoe is bound to fall

How ya supposed to keep your sense of humour

when the woods are full of rumours

that someone's got their finger on the bomb

Nothin' that I ever lost or gained

ever really mattered anyway 'cause



Only love can save me now.

Only love can save me now.

Every wish I sigh echoes off the sky saying

Only love can save me now



Running here and running there

bar the entrances with chairs

All the walls are ten feet high or more

All the windows locked up tight

All the stash hid out of sight

'cause the big bad wolf is at the door





Only love can save me now.

Only love can save me now.

Every prayer I cry echoes off the sky sayin,

Only love can save me now