The Key

The Key Lyrics

You've got reach out to your sensibilities
Hold on fast
Cuz' no where in the world is it carved in stone
That anything or anyone's gonna last
'Cept for the place deep down in your heart between your heaven
And your own personal hell

When the moment of truth finally does arrive
It demands to know just where you're gonna dwell
It demands to know just where you're gonna live
It demands to know how much you're gonna give

Mine came to me one morning
In the form of a stranger out of the mist
From the moment that I looked into that wild man's eyes
Impossible to resist
The stranger was so charming
Soft spoken and sincere
And as he stared into my loving woman's eyes
He whispered into my ear

He said, remember, remember
Remember as long as you live
The key to the peace in your house, is the peace that you give

We let him into our lives
Like fools opened up the door
When there seemed no end to how much we could give
He'd always take just a little bit more
My lover was so taken with his soften spoken ways
Against my wishes, asked him to stay
As I voiced my objection to the dark stranger's guise
She turned and looked at me and said much to my surprise

Honey, remember, remember
Remember as long as you live
The key to the peace in your life, is the peace that you give
You can't stop a run away train
You can't keep the rain from falling down
You can't stop the lust that lurks in someone else's heart
Like trying to stop the lightning, trying to catch a sound
No matter how hard you might try
No matter what it is you think you're gonna do
You're out of your depth now, out of your control
You're out of mind, it's no longer up to you

Just remember, remember
Remember as long as you live
The key to the peace in your heart, is the peace that you give

He stayed with us all season
Stayed with us too long
When I came home unexpectedly from working late one night
Saw their silhouettes together, there, where the curtain was drawn!
Deceit, deception splashed across that page
As my tender love, ripped into jealous rage
As I kicked in the door, I called out her name
Heard that wicked laughter, I heard that cold refrain

Honey, remember, remember
Remember as long as you live
The key to the peace in your house, is the peace that you
The key to the peace in your life, is the peace that you
The key to the peace in your heart, is the peace that you give

You've got reach out to your sensibilities
Hold on fast
Cuz' no where in the world is it carved in stone
That anything or anyone's gonna last
'Cept for the place deep down in your heart between your heaven
And your own personal hell

When the moment of truth finally does arrive
It demands to know just where you're gonna dwell
It demands to know just where you're gonna live
It demands to know how much you're gonna give