For Your Lover, Give Some Time

Album: Truelove's Gutter (2009)
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  • It was your birthday yesterday
    I gave a gift that almost took your breath away
    But to be honest, I nearly left it on the train
    For your lover give some time

    You talk forever on the phone
    To your mother and with my thoughts I'm left alone
    Now and then I think how strange our love has grown
    For your lover give some time
    I will give up these cigarettes
    Stay at home and watch you mend a tear in your dress
    Have your name in a rose tattooed across my chest
    And be your lover for all time
    Maybe I will drink a little less
    Come home early and not complain about the day
    And give you flowers from the graveyard now and then
    For your lover give some time

    I think of places that I've seen
    A skipping stone across the ocean I have been
    A rootless man with no one else to share my dreams
    And for my lover gave no time
    Here's a toast to you, Helene
    To all the cinemas we ran in from the rain
    Laughing, clutching soaking newspapers to your face
    And for your love you gave some time
    I will give up these cigarettes
    Stay at home and watch you mend the tears in your dress
    Have your name in a rose tattooed across my chest
    And be your lover for all time
    Maybe I will drink a little less
    Come home early and not complain about the day
    And give you flowers from the graveyard now and then
    And for my lover give some time
    For your lover give some time Writer/s: RICHARD WILLIS HAWLEY
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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