One little word

We dance around that word
for fear it may not last
but let me say right now
what's gone before is past

for the power of that word
is what I feel inside
that word is all I know
that word I cannot hide

like your name is but a word
and all I do desire
and only can that word
describe this raging fire

but for now I'll do that dance
for fear of doing you wrong
because I know your fear
I'll sing a different song

and tonight while by my side
you'll sit and laugh and chat
and all the time that word
will rest inside my heart

but that word has such a sound
I feel in every way
for that word is what I've found
and what I long to say

but now I have a plan
instead I'll say your name
for that word and who you are
are for me the one and same

so let me say your name
and repeat it time again
and for twenty years I pray
you'll say you feel the same

so as now you read these words
please know this as true
that when I say your name
that word I feel for you