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What’s It Like (To Be In Love)?

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What’s it like to be in love?

What’s it like,
To be in love?
Have you been?
Have you been?
 
What’s it like.
To be all in?
Have you been?
Have you been?
 
I hunt,
And chase.
Please,
And charm.
 
But won't,
Open up,
For one who,
Lights my face.

I tease,
And play.
Scheme,
As I may.

But won't,
Give myself,
To just one,
Come what may.

Not sure,
Late tonight.
Or by dawn,
Where I’ll be.

What’s it like,
To be in love?

Have you been?
Have you been?

How's it feel,
To be in love?

Have you been?
Have you been?

What’s it like,
To be all in?

Have you been?
Have you been?

Hike my pants,
Brush a crease.
Feign a kiss.
Smile slight.

Don’t know,
Your name,
Do you know mine?
I'm on my way.

At the door,
Nod goodbye,
Will you call?
I never say.
 
What’s it like,
To be in love?
Have you been?
Have you been?
 
What’s it like,
To be all in?
Have you been?
Have you been?

What’s it like to be in love?
What’s it like to be in love?
What’s it like to be in love?


2021 Alfred C. Martino

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