David Ford - I've Been in Love Before

I’ve been in love before
I am no stranger to that sweet little rush
You feel when your hands accidentally touch
When you start out with somebody new

I’ve been in love before
Danced home from Sunday school giddy with joy
To scribble, “Dear diary, I just met a boy
And I don’t care what consequence it brings”

I’ve been in love before
Dragged by my mother to church to confess,
“Forgive me dear father my sins of the flesh”
But I did not repent anything

I’ve been in love before
Deeper than any heart could possibly fall
Some lover whose name I no longer recall
Whose face I cannot picture any more
Yes I’ve been in love, I’ve been in love before

I’m not a liar so I’m not going to say
I have not thought about you in that tender old way
But falling in love’s not so simple as when we were young
So if I don’t swoon like all those sweet seventeens
It doesn’t mean you can’t be the man of my dreams
See, I just don’t dream so much any more
Cos I’ve been in love, I’ve been in love before

I’ve been in love before
He promised to care for me, build me a home
He gave this illness to keep in my bones
And took off with everything else

I’ve been in love before
And love left me beat up and broke at the seams
So if I say, “It’s complicated”, well, you know what I mean
Don’t know what’s left here for you
Or what the hell else I can do
It’s just a feeling but you can never be sure
Cos I’ve been in love, I’ve been in love before