Venusian Courtship Protocol

(Verse 1) Step one: present a pebble, smooth and grey and true. Step two: pretend it's casual (it never is with you). The handbook says be patient, file the feelings in advance but no protocol on Venus ever planned for this romance. (Chorus) So I'm off the protocol, off the dotted line, tearing up the paperwork that kept you from being mine. Section four said keep composure, that's the part I can't fake; the only courtship protocol is showing up awake. (Verse 2) I rehearsed it in the mirror, every clause and every code, then forgot it all the second that you walked across the road. My flippers started shaking, all my training came undone turns out loving someone isn't something you outrun. (Bridge) File it under reckless, file it under true, there's no approved procedure for the way I feel for you. (Chorus) So I'm off the protocol, off the dotted line, and the only form I'm filing says I hope that you'll be mine the only courtship protocol is showing up for real.