Love

My darling come beside me, a sister needs a brother 
I got love tattooed across one hand and more love on the other 
Got a hundred weight of heartache and I’m chastened as a child can be 
 
Don’t go giving your love, love, love to anyone else but me 
 
While others sip in sunshine I sit inside and shudder, for I was born a maudlin soul from which I’ll not recover
Got a cloakroom full of hang ups hanging further than the eye can see 
 
Don’t go giving your love, love, love to anyone else but me 
 
Make up all my friendships and bathe them in denial 
Some say I’m schizophrenic but I walk in single file 
Beside myself with loneliness and craving for your company 
 
Don’t go giving your love, love, love to anyone else but me 
 
Now I should take you home, little darlin’, I can’t stand the tears 
Uncertainty has riddled me with ennui and fear 
I stagger through existence feeling permanently scared and I won’t last too long now if there ain’t no one who cares 
 
Don’t give your love, love, love to anyone else but me 
I’m not superstitious but I’ll curse you if you leave and if you find another you’re condemning me to misery 
 
Don’t go giving your love, love, love to anyone else but me 
Don’t go giving your love, love, love to anyone else but me