For Rui Boy

I still love these songs. And I love my son. God help me.

For you I was a flame
Love is a losing game
Five story fire as you came
Love is a losing game

One I wish I’d never played
Oh, what a mess we made!
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game

Played out by the band
Love is a losing hand
More than I could stand
Love is a losing hand

Self-professed, profound
Till the chips were down.
Though you’re a gambling man
Love is a losing hand

Though I battle blind
Love is a fate resigned
Memories mar my mind
Love is a fate resigned

Over futile odds
And laughed at by the gods
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game

To know know know him
Is to love love love him
Just to see him smile
Makes my life worthwhile
To know know know him
Is to love love love him
And I do

I’ll be good to him
I’ll bring love to him
Everyone says there’ll come a day
When I’ll walk alongside of him
Yes just to know him
Is to love love love him
And I do

Why can’t he see
How blind can he be
Someday he will see
That he was meant for me

To know know know him
Is to love love love him
Just to see him smile
Makes my life worthwhile
To know know know him
Is to love love love him
And I do