Lover, Would You Stay By Me?

Oh, lover, would you stay by me and ease my aching sorrow?

To cry at what was not to be. To mourn our lost tomorrow.

When all the laughter's gone away, will you, my love, go too?

It won't be easy then, to say how love's forever true.

No, it will not be easy when we feel the warmth grow cold.

The lies we used to fan the flames have all been lost since told.

And I am still the same old man who bored you yesterday.

I am still the lame old man with nothing new to say.

All my life I've waited for someone to prove me wrong.

For years, I've hesitated, didn't want to write this song.

But when my brothers leant a hand they put it in my pocket.

And when I had to make my stand, they only came to knock it.

Beloved, let us drain the glass of life.

Too soon, the sands will all run out

And leave us with our fingers clutching shadows.

Our love, dissected like some frog,

Is understood so well

That it is hard for us to see

That now it's jumping days are over.