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You put your love upon me
Though I was but poor
We lived a twisted little fairy story
Up on the 5th Floor
I said you can have my love for a song all right
But don’t hold it up to the light
Oh loveless
My loveless love
I can’t give you anything but love
(Love for loves own sake)
It’s like a message from above
(All the love we make)
Watch out for those foreign girls
(They never seem to make much sense)
Mistake my plastic beads for pearls
(We’ll leave all life’s pretence)
Don’t you walk down lonely streets
Under darkened skies
Come on up with me to my lonely retreat
I will sing you lullabies
We string it up and string it along
And listen to those old time songs
And make believe that they were written for you and me
I can give you anything but love
(Love for loves own sake)
It came like a message from above
(All the love we make)
Watch out for those foreign girls
(They never seem to make much sense)
Mistake my plastic beads for pearls
(We’ll leave all life’s pretence)
If you still love me
By morning
Oh you’ll find me waiting in the garden
By the cherry blossom tree
Bring tin cups of wine and cigarettes
Come to me in pirouettes
My darling
Save all your love for me
I can’t give you anything but love
(Love for loves own sake)
It came like a message from above
(All the love we make)
You watch out for those modern girls
(Who never seem to make much sense)
Mistake my plastic beads for pearls
(In a world of innocence)
I will sing you lullabies in all your dreams
(If you tell me that you will)
I’ve seen those dirty magazines
(And I got my cheap thrills)
I can’t give you anything but love
Was that that sweet old song
That you sung when I held you in my arms
I can give you anything but love
I can give you anything but love
Though I was but poor
We lived a twisted little fairy story
Up on the 5th Floor
But don’t hold it up to the light
Oh loveless
My loveless love
(Love for loves own sake)
It’s like a message from above
(All the love we make)
Watch out for those foreign girls
(They never seem to make much sense)
Mistake my plastic beads for pearls
(We’ll leave all life’s pretence)
Under darkened skies
Come on up with me to my lonely retreat
I will sing you lullabies
We string it up and string it along
And listen to those old time songs
And make believe that they were written for you and me
(Love for loves own sake)
It came like a message from above
(All the love we make)
Watch out for those foreign girls
(They never seem to make much sense)
Mistake my plastic beads for pearls
(We’ll leave all life’s pretence)
By morning
Oh you’ll find me waiting in the garden
By the cherry blossom tree
Bring tin cups of wine and cigarettes
Come to me in pirouettes
My darling
Save all your love for me
(Love for loves own sake)
It came like a message from above
(All the love we make)
You watch out for those modern girls
(Who never seem to make much sense)
Mistake my plastic beads for pearls
(In a world of innocence)
(If you tell me that you will)
I’ve seen those dirty magazines
(And I got my cheap thrills)
Was that that sweet old song
That you sung when I held you in my arms
I can give you anything but love
Song Info
Submitted by
spring90 On Mar 15, 2006
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i love this song actually legs 11 is my favourite all the songs from it are fabtastic
It's a really sweet song, I love:
"If you still love me By morning Oh you’ll find me waiting in the garden By the cherry blossom tree Bring tin cups of wine and cigarettes Come to me in pirouettes My darling Save all your love for me"
Oh and "come on up to my lonely retreat , i will sing you lullabies"
sigh
Oh and I love the bit about the "twisted little fairy story", gives it a slightly harsher edge, so it's sweet without being too sweet if you know what i mean, there's some realism there.
Mistake my plastic beads for pearls (In a world of innocence) is one of my favourite lines ever... and it has that magical libs touch where they can write a really sweet line like 'I will sing you lullabies in all your dreams' and in a matter of seconds turn it into something sordid ("I’ve seen those dirty magazines and I got my cheap thrills")
perfection.
"You put your love upon me though I was but poor" I beg you to find me a sweeter lyric .
the sweetest lib song!!
Legs 11 sessions were fucking FANTASTIC. I like those songs better than most of their album songs actually. But maybe it's just that I've listened to those albums too many times... as if that were possible haha.
Oh my... this song is so great. It makes me die a little.
does anyone else think that 'If you still love me By morning Oh you’ll find me waiting in the garden By the cherry blossom tree Bring tin cups of wine and cigarettes Come to me in pirouettes My darling Save all your love for me' sounds very very queen?
love this song
does anyone else think that 'If you still love me By morning Oh you’ll find me waiting in the garden By the cherry blossom tree Bring tin cups of wine and cigarettes Come to me in pirouettes My darling Save all your love for me' sounds very very queen?
love this song
the music bit of it i meant btw
Anyone know where I could download the legs 11 sessions?