I Do, Dear, I Do

Goood effort at getting the lyrics right - every other site I've come across has got them all wrong.

Here are some corrections:

"I wish for you the stars baby" is "I wish for you the stars, babe." (I think ...)

"May no ill wind blow you way-whispered you will keep sake up there" is:

"May no ill wind blow your way whispered you will keep safe up there in your leather babe with your ivory and apes"

(As a side note, Nick re-used the "ivory and apes" line in another song/Boatman's Call Outtake titled Still Your Face Comes Shining Through.)

I think your "things down here are fragmented, frankly they've exploded all over the rooom" lyric is spot on, which is wonderful, because I couldn't really understand the slurred "franlly they've" line until I read this while listening to the song. So, thanks.

"May your day be as bright as the Ivories(?). The girl that I once knew." is:

"May your day be as bright as the eyes of the girl that I once knew"

I miss your manic scratches/scratchings?

Everything else is correct, from what I can tell. It's a pity that the song cuts off after about 5 minutes. I've heard that the original is about 7 minutes long, but have not been able to find it anywhere (or the rest of the lyrics) ...

Anyway, here's the whole song with corrections:

I wish you happy Christmas, I do dear, I do I wish for you the stars, babe and I wish for you the moon

You can sit and you can drink your champagne with your gibbering goon I hope he's being good to you I do ,dear, I do

May no ill wind blow your way whispered you will keep safe up there in your leather, babe with your ivory and apes

Things down here are fragmented, frankly, they've exploded all over the room. I think everything's a little off-centre, babe, I do, dear, I do.

You said that to love me you must set me free, ah, That may all be very well Still I miss you, baby more than words can really tell.

Sometimes I cannot sleep the greatness of my hate for you Sometimes I cannot sleep for I miss you

May your day be as bright as the eyes of the girl that I once knew. May your sun be happy yellow, and your sky be baby blue.

I miss your manic scratches/scratchings(?) and your howling at the moon. Ten steps behind me, with your dust pan and your broom.

I hope you wish for me all the things I wish for you - health, hope and happiness, the sun and the moon. Say hello to the one who really don't have a clue. I'll be calling you soon, I think I love you, I do, dear, I do.

Sorry - actually, I think you were right about the 'litter' lyric. I checked Still Your Face Comes Shiing Through in the Complete Lyrics book, and the last two lines of the first verse are as follows:

You up in your litter With your ivory and apes

its about a man who broke up with a woman, and she's with another dude, but he's wishing her the best obviously in the festive season, i think thats a trigger for this song - as in that season you wish to be with your loved ones he hates her for them not being together, but he still loves her and he is caught between the two feelings

"i miss your manic scratching, and your howling at the moon" best lyric,, can't seem to get over it

When I first incountered this song it seemed to me that A guy was showing his love for a girl who he has broken up with. I thought it was quaint and beautiful. Since then, the words have became more personal. Relationships terminate but this song moving on or moving through . I absolutely adore this songs integrity and unedited quality.

May no ill wind blow your way wish that you will keep safe up there in your litter, babe with your ivory and apes

This is a song about lost love. A woman who ran back to high society with a new man and as her old lover he secretly knows its killing her too.