Books Are Books

She saw a strawberry moon In the Illinois sky.= It made her think of him But she forgot it by and by The moon was just a dream His love was never real She read it in a book And liked the way it made her feel But books are books and Love is temporary We all got a story nobody wants to hear Books are books and Life goes on without us When it takes too long and the message isn't clear He fell off of the turnip truck Into the middle of the road She picked him up and bound his wounds And then she took him home Her Love for him was real And this he surely knew But she was gone in the morning Faded like the dew But books are books and Love is temporary We all got a story nobody wants to hear Books are books and Life goes on without us When it takes too long and the message isn't clear She heard a lonesome whistle calling Like a wounded dinosaur From a place of broken rocks and bones And beaches wracked by storms She found a different hero And saw a different moon She learned a different language To tell her problems to When the dust blew away from The movie in her mind She was so disappointed To suddenly find Her speaking parts Had all been cut The door she had walked in through Was suddenly shut Because books are books and Love is temporary We all got a story nobody wants to hear Books are books and Life goes on without us When it takes too long and the message isn't clear