She got eyes Like emeralds shine A tenderness within And all she wanted me to know Was only to begin And I was helpless to respond Such a brilliant inner lite My bearing had been born and gone Though I tried with all my might I gave my heart so freely As if to give a child a gun I saw at once when it went off Precisely what I'd done Just so gingerly Fingers trace what they want to taste Fingers set me free But not by the touch she has On me Tumble down her tower Then she tore my heart away Wreckage at the rubble Fallen folly from the fray Save for just a warning I repeat it line by line Your heart it hasn't learned a thing You're gonna break it every time Just so gingerly Fingers trace what they want to taste Fingers set me free But not by the touch she has On me But always I'll remember When first she looked at me Be careful when the emerald shines Or you'll lose your will to see Just so gingerly Fingers trace what they want to taste Fingers set me free But not by the touch she has On me Just so gingerly Fingers trace what they want to taste Fingers set me free But not by the touch she has On me