A kiss can be for good or bad
It’s known to drive a person mad.
When Judas betrayed his savior
For thirty pieces of silver
He singled Christ out so to speak
By planting a kiss on his cheek.
Then of course there’s Pygmalion
Who fell in love with what he hewn
Galatea so cold and white
He kissed her lips and brought to life.
Sometimes we kiss to right a wrong
Sometimes it’s mentioned in a song
But after all a kiss a kiss
Expressed in fourteen rhymed verses.
No one to kiss you,
No one to hold you,
No one to say i love you,
No one to kiss you good night,
No one to say everything's going to be alright.
No one to help you stand when you fall,
No one to wipe your tears when you cry,
No one to sing with you in the car,
No one to tuck you in bed,
No one to fill dreams in your head.
No one to give you hope,
No one to give you faith,
The world is just a cruel place,
Where no one listens to you.
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