Isabella (PDF / mp3)

 

 

Just a casual encounter

on the night train to Toronto. . . .

The moon was full

and doing something crazy to my heart.

I knew I had to make my move,

and I had to make it pronto.

So I closed the menu

and I ordered champagne à la carte.

When I looked into your eyes,

you did not put up a disguise—

you were real.

And the romance of the train

mixed with a little too much champagne

would not let me conceal

the way you made me feel.

 

Isabella, let me tell ya,

I'm falling for you.

If I cannot touch your heart,

girl, I don't know what I'll do.

This is moving too fast,

and it's crazy but it's true—

I'm in love with you, Isabella.

 

I'd seen it happen on the TV,

but it never did seem right.

Two people turn from strangers

into lovers over night.

But morning found me in your arms

still lost inside your love,

feeling like forever there

would not be long enough.

Toronto came and went and

you kept all of my attention

with your chic bon mot.

And I could not see my life

without you with me day and night,

and I told you so.

Then you said, "Boy, let's go."

 

Isabella, let me tell ya,

I'm falling for you.

If I cannot touch your heart,

girl, I don't know what I'll do.

This is moving too fast,

and it's crazy but it's true—

I'm in love with you, Isabella.

 

 

 

Words & Music by Michael Cody