Lookin' On - John Martyn

What kind of love is this

Concealed behind your kiss

What kind of love would try

Behind a silent cry

To come stealing in, with an innocent grin

To leave you staring

At the empty ceiling, feeling nothing

Lookin' on

I’m just lookin' on

My cynic friends maintain

A low profile with a high disdain

I think I’ll try once more to make friends

With the wolves that live at my door

And come stealing in, with their innocent grin

And leave me staring

At the empty ceiling

Feeling absolutely nothing

Lookin' on

Leave you

Lookin' on, lookin' on

Leave you

Lookin' on

What kind of mood will change

Or ease this subtle flame

What warm and blissful rain

Might doubt your trust again

For that beautiful thing

That once made my poor heart sing

Beautiful thing

It’s never going to leave me

Believe me now

Just lookin', just lookin'

Just lookin', just lookin', just lookin' on

Lookin' on, lookin' on, lookin' on

Lookin' on, lookin' on, lookin' on

What kind of mind will find

Such a strange and empty time

Draw the finest line

Between loving and being too cruel to be kind

To let love come stealing in

With an innocent grin

Leave you staring at the empty ceiling

Feeling nothing

Just lookin' on, lookin' on, lookin' on

Just lookin';

lookin', lookin'!

What kind of love is this

Concealed behind your kiss

What kind of love would try

Behind the silent cry

To come stealing in, with an innocent grin

To leave you staring

At the empty ceiling, feeling nothing

Just look: just lookin' on

I’m just lookin'

Just lookin' on

Lookin' on