Labour of Love

Song Labour of Love
Artist Peter Hammill
Album The Margin [live]

Lyrics

You don't remember all the things I've done;
you never catch the careful words I choose;
your present will not admit my patient efforts...
it's a labour of love I offer to you.
Unselfishness, does that hold the space between us?
A helplessness, a nothing-left-to-prove?
A silence more eloquent than any passion?
It's a labour of love I offer to you...
It's a labour of love.
It's a gift of love.
Take this hand and you will hold its stories;
beat, the heart, and find the tell-tale truth;
take this gift: – receipt will give it value.
It's a labour of love I offer to you,
it's a labour of love.
It's a gift of love.

Pinyin

You don' t remember all the things I' ve done
you never catch the careful words I choose
your present will not admit my patient efforts...
it' s a labour of love I offer to you.
Unselfishness, does that hold the space between us?
A helplessness, a nothinglefttoprove?
A silence more eloquent than any passion?
It' s a labour of love I offer to you...
It' s a labour of love.
It' s a gift of love.
Take this hand and you will hold its stories
beat, the heart, and find the telltale truth
take this gift: receipt will give it value.
It' s a labour of love I offer to you,
it' s a labour of love.
It' s a gift of love.