When I Write the Book

Now I can remember like it was only yesterday

Love was young and foolish like a little child at play

But oh how love has changed - I never dreamed how easily

For now I'm just a shadow of the boy I used to be

Oh yeah

And when I write the book about my love

It will be about a man who's torn in half

About his hope and ambition wasted through the years

The pain will be written on every page in tears

Oh when I write the book about my love

I was a fool to myself when I kept on runnin' around

And I fared little better when I tried settlin' down

Maybe some magic moments have I known but not for long

For all too soon the magic was in a moment gone

And when I write the book about my love

It'll be a heartbreaking story of bad luck in love

When I get down on the pages all I felt

It will make the hardest-hearted of critics' heart melt

When I write the book about my love

When I was young love was fun and I was so happy

I looked so good, and I dressed so snappy

Two-tone shoes on my feet, big old smile on my face

As I moved and grooved all over the place

Now I'm down at heel, my complexion is bad

'Cause my love life is sadder than sad

And when I write the book about my love

It'll be a pop publication, tougher than tough

When I get down on the pages all I missed

It will shoot to the top of the best-sellers list

When I write the book about my love