[Verse 1]
I felt a love of such deafening weight
Dangling from a balustrade of shilly-shally
Overlooking infinity
And this ecstasy of you lying next to me
And in a peculiar way, you clutched me by the shoulder
Said, "Boy, I barely know you
But would you marry me?"

[Chorus]
We were floating about with our heads in the clouds
And stealing those words from my mouth
You whispered in my ear
Exactly what I wanted to hear

[Verse 2]
Composed a note of such jubilant things
And placed it between bed and spring
Of a hostile hostel overrun
With shedding towelettes and Mexican maids
And with indefinite fate, I clutched you by the shoulder
Said, "Girl, I barely know you
But would you marry me?"

[Chorus]
We were floating about with our heads in the clouds
And stealing those words from my mouth
You whispered in my ear
Exactly what I wanted to hear
Exactly what I wanted to hear
Exactly what I wanted to hear