It's not what you say,
It's not what you meant to say
it’s what you did afterward or didn't do

it’s January the beginning of the end
of a great and beautiful youthful love
so alive and young

It's not what you say,
It's not what you meant to say
it’s what you did afterward or didn't do
there's so much to say
but it seems that the cat has got my tongue
the storm's already come
but lightning can't touch me twice
the January storm is coming
the same one that turned my heart to ice

different colored eyes were the magnet for my attraction
to such beautiful mystery, what did she see in the mirror
to make her hate herself this way

It's not what you say,
It's not what you meant to say
it’s what you did afterward or didn't do
there's so much to say
but it seems that the cat has got my tongue
the storm's already come
but lightning can't touch me twice
the January storm is coming
the same one that turned my heart to ice

maybe I should listen to my own advice
maybe I should listen for a hidden vice
maybe I should listen to my own advice
maybe I should listen...maybe I should listen

It's not what you say,
It's not what you meant to say
it’s what you did afterward or didn't do
there's so much to say
but it seems that the cat has got my tongue
the storm's already come
but lightning can't touch me twice
the January storm is coming
the same one that turned my heart to ice