Real Enough to Love

The finish don't need to run too deep and the polish still will shine
And you shined like a goal
I was more fun than school
So we lived in each other's time

And your studying took what was in those big black books
To be maps of a promised land
You found where everything lead with that map in your head
And nothing with your hands

A weakness real enough to love
I know these jokes too well for me to laugh without a tear

And I know that her response to me
Was strained and then multiplied
By the weight on her wings
By the newness of things
By her inability to hide

A weakness real enough to love
I know these jokes too well for me to laugh without a tear

A weakness real enough to love
I know these jokes too well for me to laugh without a tear