What's that they told you

About a book and a cover

Don't judge so quickly

Is it too much too remember

''Cause pictures lie

You know

I'll show

It's so

Just give it one thought

What's that they taught you

To revere a kind of beauty

To paint on that pretty veneer

Try and hide whatever's dirty

'Cause faces lie

You'll see

No sympathy

Just give it one thought

Come here and I will whisper true

About the things I know of you

And you will recognize them

Always

As near to you as breath and bone

So dear to me and yours alone

And I will love you for them

Always

What's that they tell you

About a book and a cover

Don't judge so quickly

They'll tell you one thing and then another

But see what lies

Within

Under the skin

Just give it one thought

Come here and I will whisper true

About the things I know of you

And you will recognize them

Always

As near to you as breath and bone

So dear to me and yours alone

And I will love you for them

Always

What's that they tell you

About a book and a cover

Is it too much too remember

'Cause you one thing then another