You heard the coming of language and art;
Their death and rebirth in the Renaissance
Your story is bound and taken apart
By one-fingered hands and their master- the clock

Perfection covers your shoulders and back
Yet you cry, carrying your purse and the curse inside
As modern life turns your thoughts black
And you find the only answer's to hide

Leave your place in the sunshine state,
Where the tall grass grows above your head,
Where all you can eat and breathe is hate;
Forever Girl, don't give up yet

Cross the boundary lines that break
The world and nations into shapes;
Swim beyond the greatest lakes
To meet with me and change my fate

Selfishly I ask this not, cross my heart and hope to die;
Of all I speak, naught will be lie;
Let us meet under the shadows of my home-
And sing to me, there, all that you know

Today the buildings fade from th'eyes
Like your beauty will dim from mine
As fog crawls across the slate gray sky
Forever your message will keep my mind

Teach me to love, Forever Girl
So, should you die, I may show the world
True loneliness as only real romantics know
And loving truly may yet save the world

But if my goals appear absurd,
Teach me to love not for the world;
Upon hearing your final word,
I'll learn to love for my own girl

Teach me to love forever, girl