Love in the Library
\n<\/i><\/b>by Jimmy Buffett<\/p>\n
On the corner of Government and Bay Avenue
\nThe old doomsday fanatic wore a crown of kudzu
\nSirens where wailing in the gulf coastal heat
\nAnd it seemed like the whole world was in forced retreat
\nI paid no attention, revolved through the door
\nPassed the newspaper rack on the worn marble floor
\nNear civil war history my heart skipped a beat
\nShe was standing on fiction stretched high on bare feet<\/p>\n
Chorus
\nLove in the library, quiet and cool
\nLove in the library, there are no rules
\nSurrounded by stories surreal and sublime
\nI fell in love in the library once upon a time<\/p>\n
I was the pirate and she was the queen
\nSir Francis and Elizabeth the best there’s ever been
\nThen she strolled past my table and stopped at the stairs
\nThen sent me a smile as she reached for Flaubert<\/p>\n
Chorus
\nShe gathered her books, walked while she read
\nWords never spoken but so much was said
\nYou can read all you want into this rendez-vous
\nBut it’s safer than most things that lovers can do
\nWell stories have endings and fantasies fade
\nThe guard by the door starts drawing the shade
\nSo write your own ending and hope they come true
\nFor the lovers and strangers on Bay Avenue
\nChorus<\/p>\n
“Love in the Library” struck me immediately as a song about how I knew love until my first serious girlfriend I still kind of know it this way.<\/p>\n
Imagine, if you will, that you’re minding your own business, perhaps walking and reading. As you look up, suddenly you see a vision of beauty. There’s a person standing there who, to you, seems perfect. They don’t notice you, but you stand entranced. Then, as the person walks by, they turn and smile a flirtatious smile, the most beautiful smile you’ve ever seen.<\/p>\n
You never speak to them. You simply know that you’ve been struck with love’s arrows, and you watch them walk away.<\/p>\n
The end of the story leaves you with a challenge: do you walk up to them and ask them to dinner, or just chat? Or do you let them go?<\/p>\n
I never feel guilty about this kind of love. It strikes, and I don’t have a choice with it anyway. As the song says, “it’s safer than most things that lovers can do.<\/i>“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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