For forty days & forty nights
My lover said goodnight
For days & forty nights
my lover held me tight

and as passion rose to the heights
that drowned our sorrows
one is what our hearts became
leaving tomorrows
to keep us safe

yah for 40 days & 40 nights
blessed with me’s & you’s & and the we’s
some how we came to see
that our love could float beyond the air & space
and that we could not disgrace
oh time gave us a face
for us to hold & to cherish
now & then & again & again & again
something we could trace on our bodies
when we no longer had a face
when we no longer fit in the same space

oh my lover my lover

yeah
For forty days & forty nights
My lover said goodnight
for forty days & forty nights
my lover held me tight