It was all poetry and sweet things It was all honesty and beauty And then with me Just plain sneakiness and weaselry And all those sweet things make your throat sting And all that nervousness and jittering and so much sugar made my throat sting Twitchiness and fidgiting What beauty oh what beauty And what poetry What was this? Who was this that brought you to me? What beauty oh what beauty And what poetry What was this? What was this that brought you to me? And might it rest down next to he And place those cool palms of yours over my ears Up to my ears It was all honesty and beauty It was all poetry and sweet things