Tell me, is love still a popular suggestion
Or merely an obsolete art?
Forgive me for asking this simple question,
I'm unfamiliar with his heart -
I am a stranger here myself.
Why is it wrong to murmur, "I adore him"
When it's shamefully obvious I do?
Does love embarrass him or does it bore him?
I'm only waiting for my clue -
I'm a stranger here myself.
I dream of a day, of a gay warm day
With my face between his hands.
Have I missed the path? Have I gone astray?
I ask but no one understands.
Love me or leave me,
That seems to be the question.
I don't know the tactics to use,
But if he should offer
A personal suggestion,
How could I possibly refuse,
When I'm a stranger here myself?
Please tell me, tell a stranger
My curiosity goaded!
Is there really any danger
That love his now out-moded?
I'm interested especially
In knowing why you waste it.
True romance is so fleshly;
With what have you replaced it?
What is your latest foible?
Is Gin Rummy more exquisite?
Is skiing more enjoyable?
For heaven's sake, what is it?
I can't believe
That love has lost its glamor,
That passion is really passé.
If gender is just a term in grammar,
How can I ever find my way,
Since I'm a stranger here myself?
How can he ignore my available condition?
Why these Victorian views?
You see here before you a woman with a mission,
I must discover the key to his ignition
And then if he should make a diplomatic proposition,
How could I possibly refuse?
How could I possibly refuse -
When I'm a stranger here myself?