Oh man, I call you my man
You play your own home movies
on my screen
And our love line is there
like a silver shaft of light
That fills the dark between
Oh, man, I call you my man
All your easy confessions are lies
And it's only when you're safe
inside the songs you sing
Do you take off your disguise
Oh, my frightened lover, let's be friends
At least for this one night
Let's be two gentle creatures,
soft and small and light
If I hold you, you'll be safe tonight
If I hold you, you'll be safe tonight
Oh man, I call you my man
The outer edge of trouble
makes you tall
For the steeper are the cliffs
that you try to climb
It's less likely you are to fall
Oh man, I call you my man
There's only one kind of battle
makes you flee
It's when you fall open
and start pouring out
You try and hide from me
Oh, my frightened lover, let's be friends
At least for this one night
Let's be two gentle creatures,
soft and small and light
I will hold you if you'll be safe tonight
If I hold you, you'll be safe tonight
Oh, please be still,
please don't doubt
Please, I will be fair
I trust in me, I trust yourself,
I trust your power just to be there
Oh man, oh you're my man,
you're at this dangerous
new place in time
And still you cannot find
the courage left to say
That crying's nobody's crime
Oh man, I call you my man
Now it must feel so very strange
To have to throw away
all the lines that you have learned
And force yourself to change
I'm a frightened lover, let's be friends
At least for this one night
Let's be two gentle creatures
Soft and small at night
And I will hold you,
and you'll be safe tonight
I will hold you and you'll be safe tonight