[Verse 1]
She looked at me across the room
Emerging from a silk cocoon
Along beneath Venetian chandeliers
Against the moon her body rocks
Her eyes were cunning like a fox
The wings of passion fly on all frontiers

[Chorus]
From this fire there's no returning
No escape your heart is burning
Love becomes a lethal weapon
No one is too smart
In affairs of the heart
In affairs of the heart

[Verse 2]
Now upon the bridge she waits
Dreaming of our tangled fates
Her face was like a ghost with eyes of jade
I fell just like a falling star
A victim of this coup d'état
I could not see behind this masquerade

[Chorus]
From this fire there's no returning
No escape your heart is burning
Love becomes a lethal weapon
Be careful where you start
In affairs of the heart
In affairs of the heart
In affairs of the heart
[Bridge]
Sometimes I think I'll never learn
Were all those promises in vain
Do the wings of fire still remain

[Verse 3]
All is fair in love and war
The tender draw, the shortest straw
Like autumn leaves they vanish in the air
Is this the time we say goodbye
I call her room there's no reply
Tonight we end this fleeting love affair

[Chorus]
From this fire there's no returning
No escape your heart is burning
Love becomes a lethal weapon
Sharper than a dart
In affairs of the heart
In affairs of the heart
In affairs of the heart
In affairs of the heart