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It was your birthday yesterday |
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I gave a gift that almost took your breath away |
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But to be honest, I nearly left it on the train |
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For your lover give some time |
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You talk forever on the phone |
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To your mother and with my thoughts I'm left alone |
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Now and then I think how strange our love has grown |
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For your lover give some time |
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I will give up these cigarettes |
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Stay at home and watch you mend a tear in your dress |
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Have your name in a rose tattooed across my chest |
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And be your lover for all time |
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Maybe I will drink a little less |
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Come home early and not complain about the day |
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And give you flowers from the graveyard now and then |
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For your lover give some time |
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I think of places that I've seen |
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A skipping stone across the ocean I have been |
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A rootless man with no one else to share my dreams |
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And for my lover gave no time |
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Here's a toast to you, Helene |
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To all the cinemas we ran in from the rain |
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Laughing, clutching soaking newspapers to your face |
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And for your love you gave some time |
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I will give up these cigarettes |
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Stay at home and watch you mend the tears in your dress |
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Have your name in a rose tattooed across my chest |
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And be your lover for all time |
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Maybe I will drink a little less |
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Come home early and not complain about the day |
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And give you flowers from the graveyard now and then |
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And for my lover give some time |
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For your lover give some time |
