For Your Lover Give Some Time

It was your birthday yesterday I gave a gift that almost took your breath away But to be honest, I nearly left it on the train For your lover give some time You talk forever on the phone To your mother and with my thoughts I'm left alone Now and then I think how strange our love has grown For your lover give some time I will give up these cigarettes Stay at home and watch you mend a tear in your dress Have your name in a rose tattooed across my chest And be your lover for all time Maybe I will drink a little less Come home early and not complain about the day And give you flowers from the graveyard now and then For your lover give some time I think of places that I've seen A skipping stone across the ocean I have been A rootless man with no one else to share my dreams And for my lover gave no time Here's a toast to you, Helene To all the cinemas we ran in from the rain Laughing, clutching soaking newspapers to your face And for your love you gave some time I will give up these cigarettes Stay at home and watch you mend the tears in your dress Have your name in a rose tattooed across my chest And be your lover for all time Maybe I will drink a little less Come home early and not complain about the day And give you flowers from the graveyard now and then And for my lover give some time For your lover give some time