He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
I've got a memory
Of nothing new
I've only memorized
All thoughts of you
I'm pushing on tomorrows
Gotta go, gotta go
Gotta get you back
I'm pushing all thoughts forward
?Cause you are the one day
That tells me that someday
I'll get what to choose
You are the one thing
That gives me that something
Persuasion of you
I feel you resonate
I swear I do
You've got my earth vibrating
No matter where I'm running to
I'm pushing on tomorrow
Gotta go, gotta go
Till I get you back
I'm pushing all thoughts forward
?Cause you are the one day
That tells me that someday
I get what to choose
You are the one thing
That gives me that something
Persuasion of you
Yeah, you are the one day
That tells me that someday
I'll get what to choose
Yeah, you are the one thing
That gives me that something
Persuasion of you
don't hold back
Hold back my world
Don't hold back
Hold back now, girl
You are the one day
That tells me that someday
I'll get what to choose
?Cause you are the one thing
That gives me that something
Persuasion of you
?Cause you are the one day
That tells me that someday
I get what to choose
You are the one thing
That gives me that something
Persuasion of you
Yeah, you are the one day
That tells me that someday
I'll get what to choose
Yeah, you are the one thing
That gives me that something
Persuasion of you
Of nothing new
I've only memorized
All thoughts of you
I'm pushing on tomorrows
Gotta go, gotta go
Gotta get you back
I'm pushing all thoughts forward
?Cause you are the one day
That tells me that someday
I'll get what to choose
You are the one thing
That gives me that something
Persuasion of you
I feel you resonate
I swear I do
You've got my earth vibrating
No matter where I'm running to
I'm pushing on tomorrow
Gotta go, gotta go
Till I get you back
I'm pushing all thoughts forward
?Cause you are the one day
That tells me that someday
I get what to choose
You are the one thing
That gives me that something
Persuasion of you
Yeah, you are the one day
That tells me that someday
I'll get what to choose
Yeah, you are the one thing
That gives me that something
Persuasion of you
don't hold back
Hold back my world
Don't hold back
Hold back now, girl
You are the one day
That tells me that someday
I'll get what to choose
?Cause you are the one thing
That gives me that something
Persuasion of you
?Cause you are the one day
That tells me that someday
I get what to choose
You are the one thing
That gives me that something
Persuasion of you
Yeah, you are the one day
That tells me that someday
I'll get what to choose
Yeah, you are the one thing
That gives me that something
Persuasion of you
Lyrics submitted by Knight1710
Persuasion of You Lyrics as written by Ed Roland
Lyrics © KAREN SCHAUBEN PUBLISHING ADMINISTRATION
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