Interpret:

Terence Trent D’arby

Album:

TTD's Vibrator

i left the east side for a west coast beauty
 a girl who burned my thoughts like kisses
 she was down by street decree
 she swore she'd pull my best years out of me
 fat painted lips on a life wire beaut
 a tangerine girl with tambourine eyes
 her face was my favorite magazine
 her body was my favorite book to read


they say that all poets must have an unrequited love
 as all lovers must have thought provokating fears


but holding on to you means letting go of pain
 means letting go of tears
 means letting go of rain
 means letting go of what's not real
 holding on to you


i left the rough side for a seaside baby
 a chamomile smile that pouts on cue
 for every moment i breath her sigh
 her bosom contains my sweet alibi
 in an emotional mist she breathes in fog
 and braethes it out as garden flowers
 why me of all the tough talking boys ?
 i guess she heard my heartbeat through the noise


they say that all poets must have an unrequited love
 as all lovers must have thought provokating fears


but holding on to you means letting go of pain
 means letting go of tears
 means letting go of rain
 holding on to you
 means letting sorrows heal
 means letting go of what's not real
 holding on to you


they say that all poets must have an unrequited love
 as all lovers must have thought provokating fears


but holding on to you means letting sorrows heal
 means letting go of what's not real
 holding on to you


i left the east side for a west coast beauty
 a girl who burned my thoughts like kisses
 she was down by street decree
 she swore she'd pull my best years out of me
 fat wet lips on a sea salt canvas
 goodbye picasso hello dolly/dali
 the soil is fertile where her footsteps trod


they say that all poets must have an unrequited love
 as all lovers must have thought provokating fears


but holding on to you means letting go of pain
 means letting go of tears
 means letting go of rain
 holding on to you
 means letting sorrows heal
 it means letting go