Love Comes With a Hook

In the beginning it's so simple
In the end it's so complex
Love comes with a hook
Like "right now" goes with "what's next"
The knot was tied tightly
And the security not lax
But then I never loved a girl
From the other side of the tracks

In triumph we march in
In tragedy we march out
Love comes with a hook
Like "last chance" goes with "I doubt"
I though it would be perfect
Or at least exact
But then I never loved a girl
From the other side of the tracks

I've been doing some thinking
Reading without result
But love comes with a hook
Like heroes are followed by cults
No matter how deep I dig
I can't unearth one fact
But then I never loved a girl
From the other side of the tracks

Fever finds a forehead
Weaves a tender torture of sweat
Love comes with a hook
Someone's last dime in someone's settled debt
This night have made a better movie
If it started "fade to black"
But then I never loved a girl
From the other side of the tracks

I swore not to go this way again
I thought I'd learned
But love comes with a hook
Like "I'm leaving" or "I returned"
I long to see her face alight
Alas she turns her back
But then I never loved a girl
From the other side of the tracks

My friends all forgotten
Oh perish the though
Love comes with a hook
All for one and none is naught is not
I hear I heard she said what she said
I wish she'd take it back
But then I never loved a girl
From the other side of the tracks

Finally it's like any other
Tossed unto the wind
Love comes with a hook
Maiden to rise cease to rend
Go to a neutral corner
And play with your jacks
She brought her baggage
And rode the train
Stopped at a weigh station
But never crossed the track