It Only Has to Happen Once

It only has to happen once For anybody else's skin to feel Rough or too thin All it takes is a quick constellation Of daylight, headlights And precipitation It only has to happen once For anybody else's sweat to taste Too salty, or sweet It doesn't take two nations Or two signatures Just two pupils, and a fool It only has to happen once It only has to happen once For every caress to read Desperate or repressed Before a baby can tell right from wrong It already knows the song It only has to happen once All it takes is a quick constellation Of shadows, lashes And implication It only has to happen once