Only a Song

there are poems that tear into your soul
make you cry, make you yearn to be whole
and i would write you a sonnet if i could
but this is only a song

there are men who give diamonds and gold
all the roses and furs you could hold
and i would give you the world if i could
but i have only a song

  and will you hear it, this tune i turn?
  there are times when i fear it, a love that burns
  like the brightest star in a charcoal sky

the soldier will fight till the end
he will die for his cause, for his friend
and i would lay down my life for your love
and this is only a song