Written by Peter Hammill
Verse 1:
Em Am I stretch my hands, clutch vacant laughter D Bm Em in silence and sweet, sweet pain Em Am without demand, but with a longing D Bm Em for what will never come again.Verse 2:
Em Am I smell your perfume on the sheets in the morning: D Bm Em it lingers like the patterns on the window after rain, Em Am a past that lives, if only for the present, D Bm Em but which is gone and will never come again.Bridge:
D Bm To your sad eyes, turned away, mine say Am Bm Em 'Do you? Did you? How?' D Bm As the darkness slides away the day Am Bm Em shows what was and makes what is now.Verse 3:
Em Am I see your picture as though it were a mirror D Bm Em but there's no part of you outside the frame Em Am except the change that you gave to me: D Bm Em this will never come again.Verse 4:
Em Am I am me, I was so before you, D Bm Em but afterwards I am not the same. Em Am You are gone and I am with you: D Bm Em this will never come again. D Bm Em this will never come again. D Bm Em this will never come again.
See also: Bryan Ferry - The 'In' Crowd |
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