Marbles

I’ve held your hand since 1979 You were in a band - still am - yeah but back then you had hair and your smile was so sublime And I chipped my teeth on every joke you cracked You used to buy me scotch - still do - yeah but now too much is never enough To take me back to that dance hall where you got thrown out 'cause they thought you were drunk -I wasn't - You couldn’t lie then and you sure as hell can’t lie to me now You stole the best years of my life I’ll give them back You got fat And you’re the thigh-high hemline I just can’t stop staring at 'Cause I will wait and hope Your eyes aren’t rivers there to weep But a place for crows to rest their feet And I will wait and hope And rest my head at night content Knowing where my marbles went The flat we rented was a palace for my queen If by palace you mean that asbestos and beans from a tin, and the gin that we brewed in the bathtub She sang, ‘Do you think I’m sexy?’ and oh god I really did You’d swoon, you’d sigh, working shifts till we cried Oh, if one more guy calls me darling then I Swear to you and to god I will murder them all All the bastards applaud when I show that I’m flawed You’re not flawed darling, you’re just a little under-rehearsed And I’d get in And for some reason you’ve painted the kitchen lime green And I'd sink to the floor, what’s the point anymore And you, you’d reply with a glint in your eye (And you, you’d reply with a drink in your hand) Saying ‘I don’t know, but I’m here, I’m all yours, dear heart don’t cry’ (Saying ‘I don’t know, but I’m here, oh dear god, dear heart don’t cry’) 'Cause I will wait and hope Your eyes aren’t rivers there to weep But a place for crows to rest their feet And I will wait and hope And rest my head at night content Knowing where my marbles went I’ve loved you, for a hundred years Certainly ****ing feels like it The minute I met you, the colours of my life began to pour I’m scared of the dark And now, even though you’re mad and these memories won’t stay That's okay 'Cause then I get to meet you for the first time every single day I’ll wait and hope Your eyes aren’t rivers there to weep But a place for crows to rest their feet I’ll wait and hope And rest my head at night content Knowing where my marbles went And I will wait And I will wait And I will wait And hope