You see, my lover makes no sound   His language is his hands   I watch his fingers dance   and try to understand   I try to understand   his elegant ballet   In my heart I can hear   the words he longs to say      And so I've learned to speak   a language he can hear   To tell him how I feel   whenever he his near   He lives around the block   it's just a little walk   We'll meet tonight at eight   At eight tonight, we'll talk      Oh my love, oh my love   Quiet love, quiet love   I am calm whenever you are near   And somehow I can hear   what your heart wants to say      I have a small surprise   To spring on you tonight   I'm learning how to sign   Please God I get it right   It's something that you do   With confidence and ease   I'm clumsier than you   This might come out Chinese      But come and fill my heart   Its never danced this way   I'm nervous and it's hard   I have so much to say   I've always been afraid   My dream seemed so unreal   But now I bless this world   For how you make me feel      Oh my love, oh my love   You are shy, so am I   But if you would tell me that it's true   You feel the way I do   Then tomorrow can start      As we are, together we'll grow old   For wise men always say   That in silence there's gold.