We were just two young queers He said: your music and my beer We met in the city and fell in love in the city While the water rose around us and we kissed and got dizzy He said I'm as happy As anyone with a conscience can be I'm as happy As anyone with a conscience can be I felt like your song I felt warm, safe, veiled in Cohen and your naked arms Under soft blue light, past midnight again Though come the morning, the song was gone But I said I'm as happy As anyone with a conscience can be I said I'm as happy As anyone with a conscience can be He read books in other languages I could hardly speak my own He stormed through the thickets, entering Then recite his favourite poem I would say well what does that mean to you And he would take off all his clothes We were as happy As anyone with a conscience can be Two homeless queers Finding home in each other's bodies We were as happy As anyone with a conscience can be Two homeless queers Finding home in each other's bodies