Make Love Stay

<br>Now that we love<br><br>Now that the lonely nights are over<br><br>How do we make love stay? <br><br>Now that we know<br><br>The fire can burn bright or merely smolder<br><br>How do we keep it from dying away? <br><br><br><br>Elusive as dreams<br><br>Barely remembered in the morning<br><br>Love like a phantom flies<br><br>But held in the heart<br><br>It pales like the emply smile adorning<br><br>A statue with sightless eyes.<br><br><br><br>Moments fleet, taste sweet within the rapture<br><br>When precious flesh is greedily consumed<br><br>But mysterys a thing not easily captured<br><br>And once deceased not easily exhumed.<br><br><br><br>Now that we love<br><br>Now that the lonely nights are over<br><br>How do we make love stay? <br><br><br><br>Moments fleet, taste so sweet within the rapture<br><br>When precious flesh is greedily consumed<br><br>But mysterys a thing not easily captured<br><br>And once deceased not easily exhumed.<br><br><br><br>Now that we loved<br><br>Look at the moonless night and tell me<br><br>How do we make love stay?