Song Description

A poignant, metaphorical song, on several levels.

Lyrics

OVERSENSITIVE WORLD

I can see you?re not just tough.

I see the center of your world.

And, it?s sad and pretty as life, itself.

But, you don?t need rescuing.

You need strength,

when outrageous laughter falls asleep.

Wake up. Downtown, there?s clubs to stand outside of.

You can smoke your cigarette, and I?ll breathe.

There?s only one night, one life,

one long-on fire, one book to write.

Won?t you write this one with me?

Chorus:

In our oversensitive world,

to which we?ve always belonged,

said to much, but were we so wrong?

It?s our oversensitive world.

The night I saw you, I stayed up all night.

The house was alight.

I said to myself, "If only for today."

I?m gonna think about exactly what we said

and what the place looked like.

Laughter, we?ve got to celebrate.

Chorus repeat

Bridge:

It?s okay to feel, to give,

to dare to live a lot in a little time.

Like when we?re out,

the bell in the bell tower always chimes.

We notice the world and the little things.

I can see you?re not just tough, and you?ve got that

sensitivity that I?ve been singing about.

Chorus repeat