Smart Bomb

It wouldn't be smart

To take that arrow in the heart

It wouldn't be smart, they say

For a love that's born in haste

Can wreck a lot of things that you cannot replace

It wouldn't be wise

To gaze too long into her eyes

It wouldn't be wise to let them stray

We all know that love is blind

But we spare no effort searching for another kind

You'll never be well

Intoxicated by her smell

There will be hell, in fact, to pay

Well, you can trust that her perfume

Ain't nearly so innocuous as you assume

If only Cupid had a smart bomb

I might try your love on

If only Cupid had a smart bomb

Were it my heart he had his eye on

If I could trust that it wouldn't spread

With no collateral damage to my head

It'll only bring tears

To let her whisper in your ears

It'll only bring tears some day

You better bring your rope along

When you hear the op'ning bars of the Sirens' song

Beware of loose lips

And all those sinking ships

Don't let your anchor drift away

If you can't steer clear of her mouth

Don't come to us a cryin' when it all goes south

It wouldn't take much

To be disabled by her touch

And so it was such the way they say

I don't care about Venus now

Got to mend this broken heart but I don't know how

If only Cupid had a smart bomb

I might try your love on

If only Cupid had a smart bomb

Were it my heart he had his eye on

If I could trust that it wouldn't spread

With no collateral damage to my head

© Charlie Vavra, Right Riffs of Dover