Affairs Of The Heart" lyrics

She looked at me across the room

Emerging from a silk cocoon

Along beneath venetian chandeliers

Against the moon her body rocks

Her eyes were cunning like a fox

The wings of passion fly on all frontiers

From this fire there's no returning

No escape your heart is burning

Love becomes a lethal weapon

No one is to smart

In affairs of the heart

Now upon the bridge she waits

Dreaming of our tangled fates

Her face was like a ghost with eyes of jade

I fell just like a falling star

A victim of this coup d'etat

I could not see behind this masquerade

From this fire there's no returning

No escape your heart is burning

Love becomes a leathal weapon

Be careful where you start

In affairs of the heart

Sometimes I think I'll never learn

Were all those promises in vain

Do the wings of fire still remain

All is fair in love and war

The tender draw the shortest straw

Like autumn leaves they vanish in the air

Is this the time we say good-bye

I call her room there's no reply

Tonight we end this fleeting love affair

From this fire there's no returning

No escape your heart is burning

Love becomes a leathal weapon

Sharper than a dart

In affairs of the heart

• Artist:Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Album:Black Moon (1992)