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Willow Lyrics
I may not be your best
You know good ones
Don't come by the score
If you've got something missing
I'll help you look
You can be sure
And if you want to be alone
Or someone to share a laugh
Whatever you want me to
All you got to do is ask
Thunder
Don't go under the sheets
Lightening
Under a tree
In the rain and snow
I'll be your fire inside
Come running to me
When things get out of hand
Running to me
When it's more than you can stand
I said I'm strong
Straight
Willing
To be a
Shelter
In a storm
Your willow oh willow
When the sun is out
A fight with your best girl
Prettiest thing you ever saw
You know I'll listen
Try to get a message to her
And if it's money you want
Or trouble halved
What ever you want me to
All you got to do is ask
I said I'm strong
Straight
Willing
To be a
Shelter in a storm
Your willow oh willow
When the sun is out
You know good ones
Don't come by the score
If you've got something missing
I'll help you look
You can be sure
And if you want to be alone
Or someone to share a laugh
Whatever you want me to
All you got to do is ask
Don't go under the sheets
Lightening
Under a tree
In the rain and snow
I'll be your fire inside
Come running to me
When things get out of hand
Running to me
When it's more than you can stand
I said I'm strong
Straight
Willing
To be a
Shelter
In a storm
Your willow oh willow
When the sun is out
Prettiest thing you ever saw
You know I'll listen
Try to get a message to her
And if it's money you want
Or trouble halved
What ever you want me to
All you got to do is ask
I said I'm strong
Straight
Willing
To be a
Shelter in a storm
Your willow oh willow
When the sun is out
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i think this is a song about, like, friends, as opposed to partners/lovers or whatever.
i saw her live and the crowd sang this song and it was the nicest thing ever :) joan armatrading should be queen of the world.
i think this is a song about, like, friends, as opposed to partners/lovers or whatever.
i saw her live and the crowd sang this song and it was the nicest thing ever :) joan armatrading should be queen of the world.
This song is so beautiful. The message is about someone who will stick by you whatever - what a fantastic thing to say to anyone, and sung so fabulously.
I can’t even begin to describe how much this song has come to mean to me over the decades since I first heard it. Suffice to say, it is one of my all time favourites.\nJust to add onto what others have said, I think the power of the song lies in it’s ambiguity “I may not be your best. You know good ones don’t come by the score”. Is that a parent singing to their small-or grown-child? Someone head over heels in love and feeling overwhelmed by that love? A past lover, masochistically unable to break the bonds of the past love? “Fight with your best girl. Prettiest thing you ever saw. You know I’ll listen. Try to get a message to her’” That’s just haunting no matter who’s delivering it. Never ceases to give me chills. And yes, so beautifully sung.