I Want To Write You A Song

One Direction

I want to write you a song
One that's beautiful as you are sweet
With just a hint of pain
For the feeling that I get when you are gone
I want to write you a song

I want to lend you my coat
One that's as soft as your cheek
So when the world is cold
You'll have a hiding place you can go
I want to lend you my coat

Everything I need I get from you
Givin' back is all I wanna do

I want to build you a boat
One that's strong as you are free
So any time you think that your heart is gonna sink
You know it won't
I want to build you a boat

Everything I need I get from you
Givin' back is all I wanna do

Everything I need I get from you
Givin' back is all I wanna do

I want to write you a song
One to make your heart remember me
So any time I'm gone
You can listen to my voice and sing along
I want to write you a song
I want to write you a song


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I Want to Write You a Song Lyrics as written by Ammar Malik Julian C. Bunetta

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    it was written for their mothers, but in a more general sense, it's leaving some kind of special item (in this case, a song) for someone so that they can have a memento for when they're gone

    lourologyon October 28, 2016   Link

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