Black is only black until you light a candle Stone is only stone until you take a hammer And this song was just a song until the day you came along And wrote this wrong It wouldn't be David without Michelangelo No Starry, Starry Night without the light of Van Gogh And I'll never be the same since you put me in your frame And signed your name War is only war until you lose somebody Love is only love until I touched your body Imagine a world without John Lennon, the rain and the wind without Bob Dylan Blue without Joni, blue without Miles But every song is just a song until somebody comes along And makes it sing It wouldn't be David without Michelangelo No Starry, Starry Night without the light of Van Gogh And I'll never be the same since you put me in your frame And signed your name Black is just black until you light a candle Stone is just stone until you take a hammer War is just war until you lose someone Love is… David…