Love Can’t Happen

[BARON VON GAIGERN]
Mademoiselle, I have followed you everywhere
Almost throughout your career
London, Vienna, Paree, I've admired you
Hoping one day we might meet in this way
But I never thought I'd be carried away
Oh, I knew you'd be beautiful, but not so beautiful

Why am I talking this way?
Can this be real to me
Nonsense, my boy
You knew she'd be beautiful, but not so beautiful

Love can't happen quite so quickly
Not unless I dreamed you, beautifully and sweetly
No, don't look through me so clearly
I might very nearly lose myself completely
Who could ever have suspected
You would make me tremble so?
I can't think of any answer
Other than, if love comes
When love comes, you know

What is this I'm saying? What is this I'm feeling?
Like I'm getting drunk, looking in her eyes
Overwhelming face, utterly appealing
Never mind the truth, never mind the lies
Never mind a thought in the world except

Love can't happen quite so quickly
I might very nearly lose myself completely
Who could ever have suspected
I would be here trembling so?
I can't think of any answer
Other than, if love comes
When love comes, you know
And I know!