Blue Flame Lyrics - Joe Jackson

I've got some walls around me, too 

But they're not much compared to your house 

Fifty feet high, with barbed wire 

Guards on the top, aiming rifles at your lovers one by one 

And friends, too 

I've come with hands above my head 

I'm damned if I'll try to break your door down 

If you ever come out just call me 

I'll still be armed with the memory of one evening when you smiled 

At something 

Sadness spreads like a black stain 

But I know by now that's not all there is 

There's a blue flame inside of you so beautiful and rare 

And love's not something you decide to do 

You'd be so hard to love if love was not just there 

You tell me women get you down 

And as for men, they're all bastards 

I wonder what world you call home 

And I wish I could learn their language just enough to make you laugh 

Just one time 

Yes, it was nice to see you, too 

Although I'm never sure you mean it 

I pick up the tab and you won't thank me 

Not that I mind, but in my dreams it's all so different - we even kiss 

Imagine this 

Bitterness is a black hole 

But you know by now you got more to give 

There's a blue flame inside of you so beautiful and rare 

And love's not something you decide to do 

You'd be so hard to love if love was not just there 

Impossible to love if love was not for some strange reason there