Love and Leave You

That table where we used to eat When family came we'd stop and speak Come Christmas time we'd be out of room There'd be plates on knees with a fork or spoon Children passed out on the floor Wrapping paper door to door The older kids get to stay up late Pretend they're grown-ups they can't wait We're never grown-ups; they can wait Let's walk the dog one last time Around this neighbourhood I once called mine I hate to leave but we just can't stay So I'll love and leave you here today I'll love and leave you here today The smell of perfume, the sound of cars That East London rain that stops and starts Making promises you know we won't keep Let's do Easter maybe for the week Brothers, sisters fight their fights Back then a simple wrong or right But they grew apart, can't remember when Their heavy hearts got the best of them Their heavy hearts took the best of them Let's walk the dog one last time Around this neighbourhood I once called mine I hate to leave but we just can't stay So I'll love and leave you here today I'll love and leave you here today And now these rooms are bare and cold Even the ghosts that haunt them have grown old But I still hear grandad play those tunes When the saints go marching two by two When the saints go marching two by two Let's walk the dog one last time Around this neighbourhood I once called mine I hate to leave but we just can't stay So I'll love and leave you here today I'll love and leave you here today