Taken By Surprise

Keith M. Roberts, copyright 1999 - 2016.

Just when you figure that you might have it made,
and livin' on your own is feelin' fine,
the casual glance of a perfect stranger in the shade
comes taking you down in time.

And you try to deny it, but you don't have a prayer.
You almost forgot you could feel this way.
As love at first sight, uninvited and unfair,
comes sweeping your senses away.

Ain' t it good the way love feels
when it fills you up inside.
So strange and new and reel,
it will not be denied.
It's so warm before the fire
in your new love's eyes.
Ain' t it good
to be taken by surprise.

Alone in the darkness you lay in the night,
no longer sure who's in control.
Yet no matter how hard you struggle in the fight,
soon it comes 'round to your soul.

And you try to deny it, but you don't have a prayer.
You'd almost forgot you could feel this way.
As love at first sight, uninvited and unfair,
comes sweeping your senses away.

Ain' t it good the way love feels
when it fills you up inside.
So strange and new and reel,
it cannot be denied.
It's so warm before the fire
in your new love's eyes.
Ain' t it good
to be taken by surprise.

But then day turns to dusk and the doubts appear.
Could you really have come here alone?
With a hole in your heart, as empty as the moon,
your fingers run fumbling for the phone.
And a voice on the line, resonant and clear,
fills your existence with joy.

Ain' t it good the way love feels
when it fills you up inside.
So strange and new and reel,
it will not be denied.
It's so warm before the fire
in your new love's eyes.
Ain' t it good
to be taken by surprise.

But then day turns to dusk and the doubts return.
Could you really have come here alone?
With a hole in your heart, like the sun you burn
your fingers run fumbling for the phone.
And a voice on the line, resonant and clear,
fills your existence with joy.

Ain' t it good the way love feels
when it fills you up inside.
So strange and new and reel,
it must not be denied.
It's so warm before the fire
in your new love's eyes.
Ain' t it good
to be taken by surprise.