You think you know who I am
That I fit into your grandmaster plan
But I go walking when you sleep
My river runs deathly deep

Everything you love you will come to break
Cos you don’t seek a lover you seek a mate
And I am here to tell you
Love’s not so great
Not so great
Not so great
Not so great

You think our love is sublime
To all of love’s faults you seem blind
But honey child I’m not quite so naïve
One false move bags packed I leave

Everything you love you will come to break
Cos you don’t seek a lover you seek a mate
And I am here to tell you
Love’s not so great
Not so great

My heart is charred and dark
I cannot afford for you to leave your mark
Maybe in time your love will heal
But till then my heart is sealed

Everything you love you will come to break
Cos you don’t seek a lover you seek a mate
And I am here to tell you
Love’s not so great
Not so great
Not so great
Not so great……

I well there’s something I want you to know
That we
We got to take it slow
Take it slow
Cos you think this road is going to be hard
And I know you just may well break my heart
You may well break my heart

Take it slow
Slow
Take it slow

Cos you
You been coming round to my place
And we
We cannot live in the disgrace
Take it slow
Cos you think this road is going to be hard
And I know you just may well break my heart
You may well break my heart

Take it slow
Slow
Take it slow

Why can’t you just understand my heart is not for the taking
Why can’t you just hold my hand and enjoy the good love we are making
The road it gets rocky and I want to know we can last
I want to know we can last
I want to know

I I can tell by the look in your eye
That you
You are starting to realise
Take it slow
Cos you think this road is going to be hard
And I know you just may well break my heart
For if we don’t love in life how will our heart ever know
How will our heart ever know
How will it know

Take it slow
Slow
Take it slow
Slow
Take it slow
Slow….

Running from you never got me nowhere
Hiding from you only made you want to stare
And I had to realise that I was taking out my pain on my daughter
That I don’t want to be the one who always sits firmly in the corner

But it’s not for you
It is not for them
It is not for those
It’s for me
It is for me
It’s for me
It is for me

Singing from a cage felt better than nothing
Yelling yelling yelling in a rage trying to snuff your loving
And although I tried to make it unbearable for you to stay with me
You were resolute that I would see what you have always seen in me

But it’s not for you
It is not for them
It is not for those
It’s for me
It is for me
It’s for me
It is for me

And I had always found it easier to point the finger straight at you
Because it meant I didn’t have to take responsibility for what I might do
And baby I’m sorry for everything I put you and the kids through
Thankyou so much for waiting for the woman you got married to

And its for you
And its for them
And it for those
Its for me
It is for me
Its for me
It is for me

La dee da…..

I walked a long lonely highway to get here
Now I smell like wood smoke and old cigarettes
I been scouring this land in the hope that I might find you
I been trawling through all my old regrets

Baby baby wont you come around
Wont you show your face
I ain’t leaving this place here without you
Not without you

I left my home and my little bitty babies
I told em mama gonna be home soon
I left the warmth of my ever lovin man
Sit by this fire under this full moon

Baby baby won’t you come around
Won’t you show your face
I ain’t leaving this place here without you
Not without you
I’m coming to get you
No more sit and wait
I ain’t leaving this place here without you
I’m coming to get ya
I’m coming to get ya
I’m coming to get ya

Now as the moon peeks through the trees
And this hard earned fire warms my knees
I’m reminded of all the reasons I deserve you
I give you thanks and I beg you baby baby please baby please

Baby baby won’t you come around
Won’t you show your face
I ain’t leaving this place here without you
Not without you
I’m coming to get you
No more sit and wait
I ain’t leaving this place here without you
I’m coming to get ya
I’m coming to get ya
I’m coming to get ya……

How many times have I been on that ledge
And you talk me back down
Yeah you talk me back down

How many times have I been on the edge
And you pull me around
Yeah you pull me around

And you open your mouth and out come the angels
That keep me afloat
Yeah they keep me afloat

How many times have I cried out for help
Water’s filling my boat

And you are my friend
You are my friend
Right to the end
You are my you are my friend
Right to the end
You are my you are my you are my friend

First time I saw you was with fishing pole
It was slung on your back
It was slung on your back

And I thought to myself what I need in my life
Is a woman like that
Is a woman like that

And before that I knew it destiny arrived
And our paths did collide
Our paths did collide

Slowly but surely you’ve changed my life
just by being around

You are my friend
You are my friend
Right to the end
You are my you are my friend
Right to the end you are my you are my

You’re the alchemist
You’re the holder of so many stories
You grab the stars and you light the way home
You light the way home
You light the way home
You light the way home

Cos you are my friend
You are my friend
Right to the end right to the end
You are my you are my friend
Right to the end
You are my friend you are my you are my friend
And you light the way home
And you light the way home

I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door
I won’t rest now while you play small
I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door
I won’t stand down till you stand tall

I’m not frightened yeah I’m not afraid
I don’t walk my life in shackles of shame
I’ll be standing here day and night
Till you’re brave enough to be who you might

I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door
I won’t rest now while you play small
I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door
I won’t stand down till you stand tall

You can turn away yeah you can shield your eyes
But boy-o you’re in for a big surprise
You think I’m your enemy and I’m no fun
But once you let me in your house will shine full of sun

I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door
I won’t rest now while you play small
I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door
I won’t stand down till you stand tall

Cos what you hide from is what you seek
You can’t live the life from the comfort of your seat
So open up this windown open up this door
The wind of change is gonna carry you home

I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door
I won’t rest now while you play small
I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door
I won’t stand down till you stand tall
I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door
I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door
I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door
I’m gonna beat at your window holler at your door

You tore my heart out
You threw it to the floor
You tore my heart out
What ya what ya what ya what ya do that for

Well I turned to you I said no sir-ee
When you said hey you’ll be coming back to me
But you kept waiting there on that line
Cos you were pretty sure I’d fall back sometime
I was feeling strong thought things had changed
But lets face it baby I was deranged

Cos you tore my heart out
You threw it to the floor
You tore my heart out
What ya what ya what ya what ya do that for

Well I was pretty young and I wasn’t quite sure
That love would ever offer me very much more
So I put on my blinkers and I clicked my heels
My hungry little heart thought you were for real
Thought I could feel it to the end of my toes
But I didn’t realise you couldn’t see past the end of your nose

Then you tore my heart out again
Just when I’d picked it off the floor
You tore my heart out
What ya what ya what ya what ya do that for

As time passes and the years roll by
I often shake my head and I wonder why
I fell for you devastatingly
And you had such a magnetic pull on me
You were a gale and I was a feather
But now I’m full sail and I thrive on stormy weather

You threw it to the floor
You tore my heart out
What ya what ya what ya what ya do that for
What ya do that for
What ya what ya what ya what ya do that for

My papa said his papa drank his mama’s bitter tears
As he nestled at her breast
And she grieved her husbands passing
And cried out all his unlived years
All of his unlived years
Cried out all his unlived years

He looked up to his mama for some answers
He searched for hope in her face
He quickly learnt that life it was lonely
And that love was a cruel mistake
It was a cruel mistake
That love was a cruel mistake

That man he raised my papa really hard
His hand was always cold
Cos my papa’s papa’s mama’s bitter tears
Were still swimming in his soul

Those bitter tears are waiting
They’re waiting to be laid to rest
But my papa he will take them
His gonna take them to his final breath
He gonna take them to his final breath
Right to his final breath
He gonna cry them at his final breath

Suddenly it occurred to me
That you aren’t quite what you were cracked up to be
Suddenly quite forcibly
The house of cards home to our hearts came tumbling down

How could a woman like you
Do this to a woman like me
Baby I believed in you but now I’m on
I’m on my way
I’m on my way
I’m onto you

You held the key so long
That I could only tag along
I thought my interests were at heart
But now I see you for
What you truly are
What you truly are

Suddenly it occurred to me
That I have room to move and I can breathe and reach my limbs
Suddenly liberatingly
The weight of your hate is lifted I can see the sky again

Your steely grip it held me for so long
Around my neck it strangled my song
Baby I believed in you but now I’m on
I’m on my way
I’m on my way
I’m onto you

You held the key so long
That I could only tag along
I thought my interest was at heart
But now I see you for what you truly are
What you truly are
What you truly are
What you truly are….

I don’t think I’m good at writing love songs
I don’t have the knack for that kind of verse
But baby I want to I want to write you a love song
I’m gonna find it I’m gonna write it cos it’s the least that you deserve
I’m gonna find it I’m gonna write it cos it’s the least that you deserve

I’m gonna do it
I’m gonna do it

Cos when you came along you spoke my language
When you came along you sang my song
And I was just waiting for good things to turn ugly
But that love of yours kept keeping on
That love of yours kept keeping on

I had a dream one night that you
You walked out of my life oh the grief
The grief I felt it woke me up
Shaking and crying in your arms

In your arms I found a place that I believe in
In your arms I found a place that I call home
And in the night when I whisper all my grievance
You know those arms of yours they ease my soul
Those arms of yours they ease my soul

I know in you I found my anchor
I never knew I’d been adrift for so long
But just the thought of one day without you with me
You know it prompted me to write this love song
It prompted me to write this love song

I’m gonna do it
I’m gonna do it
I’m gonna do it………