Spent a week in a dusty library
Waiting for some words to jump at me
We met by a trick of fate
French navy my sailor mate
We met by the moon at the silvery lake
You came my way
I said, "I want you to stay"
You with your dietary restrictions
Said you loved me with a lot of conviction
I was waiting to be struck by lightning
Waiting for somebody exciting like you
Oh the thing that you do
You make me go woo
With the things that you do you do you do
I wanted to control it
But love I couldn't hold it
I wanted to control it
But love I couldn't hold it
I'll be criticized for lending out my art
I was criticized for letting you break my heart
Why wouldn't I stand for disappointed looks?
I'm fully grown but I'm on tenterhooks with the looks
On tenterhooks, ooh, with the looks the looks the looks
I wanted to control it
But love I couldn't hold it
I wanted to control it
But love I couldn't hold it
- (repeat)
Relationships were something I used to do
Convince me they are better for me and you
We met by a trick of fate
French navy my sailor mate
[chorus]
I wanted to control it
But love I couldn't hold it
I wanted to control it
But love I couldn't hold it
I wanted to control it
But love I couldn't hold it
I wanted to control it
But love I couldn't hold it
Em D (repeat and fade)