Songwriter: Mark Goldenberg

Producer: Keith Olsen

The kiss is all, words mean nothing
Why don't we throw them away
Take my keys, love is waiting
Idling in the driveway
Today everybody is thinking about happiness
As easy to read as a cloud
But down here on earth I need just that one kiss
As easy to shape as I sound

When you love me - it's a kick in the heart
When you kiss me - it's a kick in the heart
When you touch me you take me apart & apart & apart
When you kiss me - it's a kick in the heart

Close your eyes, here comes tomorrow
Do you still feel the same
Tell me just one thing I can be sure of
Tell me the rules of this game
Today everybody is thinking about happiness
Easy to reach as a cloud
But down here on earth I need just that one kiss
Easy to shape as a sound

When you love me - it's a kick in the heart
When you touch me you take me apart & apart & apart
When you kiss me - it's a kick in the heart

Take my keys love is waiting
Revved up in the driveway
The kiss is all, words mean nothing
Why don't we throw them away

Kim Carnes

Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began her career as a songwriter in the 1960s, writing for other artists while performing in local clubs and working as a session background singer with the famed Waters sisters (featured in the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom). After she signed her first publishing deal with Jimmy Bowen, she released her debut album Rest on Me in 1972. Carnes' self-titled second album primarily contained self-penned songs, including her first charting single “You’re a Part of Me”, which reached No. 35 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1975. In the following year, Carnes released Sailin', which featured “Love Comes from Unexpected Places”. The song won the American Song Festival and the award for Best Composition at the Tokyo Song Festival in 1976.