Everybody knew it No one said a word One moment we were laughing At a joke I'd never heard The room fell silent As I looked you in the eye Take the cross off the high altar Let all the roses die Don't question my devotion It may be all I have to give Don't leave me in the open I'm not a beggar or a thief I know I heard you calling You've wanted me before If you give me just one reason I will turn around and leave That's not the whole story Well it scares me anyway I don't know what I need to hear To make me stay Say something funny Or say that's what they inferred But if our love is charred Take this Scratch out the final words Don't question my devotion It may be all I have to give Don't leave me in the open I'm not a beggar or a thief I know I heard you calling You've wanted me before If you give me just one reason I will turn around and leave Bridge: I'd go through all the motions But what's that gonna prove I'd be sorry for the things I said If only you were too I would offer you a cliche If there were any left to give My love is like an ocean Your heart is just a sieve So you question my devotion That is all I have to give You leave me in the open With the beggars and the thieves I may have heard you calling Like a million times before I need more than just one reason As I turn around and leave
© David Gilliver 1998