all the phones in the street were ringing 
when i met the real you 
i had to look closely 
the way the satellites do 
i shouldn't love you but i do 
you left such a simple clue 
a long time ago 
i had a little place on earth 
down by the riverside 
though things have changed inside 
i think of it sometimes 
i shouldn't know you but i do 
i was searching for the light 
in a long darkened room 
a chalk bird in a honey sky 
when i met the real you 
there is no place i can hide 
now i know the reason why 
i shouldn't love you but i do 
you left such a simple clue 
a long time ago