aprendi muita coisa com as canções deles, sobretudo que tudo é transitório ou aparente – e que há um reverso da medalha. e as letras continuam sempre brilhantes. no final da sua existência enquanto grupo, os timbuk 3 passaram a quarteto. curiosamente é desse período esta grande canção, em que voltam a ser o duo inicial, quase só com as vozes e guitarras de barbara k. e pat macdonald. se há casal (musical e/ou não só) que devia ter continuado...

Love turned up at her doorstep

Box of candy in his hand

Said “let's go walking in the sunlight”

She said "sorry, I just can't"

She said "Sunshine is dangerous

Sugar can be poison

And love, well that's obvious

Beware of too much happiness"

She said "Love, please be patient

Life's not all sweetness and light

With every dawn comes devastation

For all us creatures of the night"

That's why I say "Sunshine is dangerous

Sugar can be poison

And love, well that's obvious

Beware of too much happiness"

It's so easy to say

Just give your heart away

But I already gave

And what's left I'm saving for a rainy day

Now the sky is partly cloudy

Hazy shadows brush the sand

And you can hear them softly singing

As they go walking hand in hand

They go "Sunshine is dangerous

Sugar can be poison

And love, well that's obvious

Beware of too much happiness"

Rain or shine,

Love is kind,

Life is good,
Knock on wood