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lyrics
IF I DO, I DO
(Midnight In Trieste revisited)
Somewhere beyond the wind
The sound of distant trains
Fades as the evening fades
Like an old tattoo
Each time I come I swear
I won’t come back again
But if I do, I do
And how the north wind blows
Sometimes on nights like this
And shutters wink and close
And wink and close anew
I may stand closer now
To the edge of the abyss
And if I do, I do
There was no blood they said
And quick when I was born that day
I fell as easy as the sun
On the morning dew
They said I’d grow to be
A fine young man one day
And if I do, I do
And where the Summers sang
I learned the voices of their days
I ran early in the lanes
Where the lapwings grew
And I might pine sometimes still
For every cut and graze
And if I do, I do
And in my Sunday pew
Too young too young I realised
There was nothing more than this
And I told them too
They said ‘You’ll see the light one day’
I said I’d be surprised
But if I do, I do
Too quick the years burned
This paper life and serves me right
I was too busy mending dreams
Using hurt as glue
I never danced, I lied sometimes
I rarely stole but still I might
And if I do, I do
But oh the memories
The idle lines of your caress
The cherry trees in bloom
Beneath the room without a view
I know I lost you now and then
But men have killed for less
And if I do, I do
And I may never walk
Down these streets in love again
Nor ever sing my songs
To any more than you
And I may live to die
Amongst the least of men
And if I do, I do
The midnight train still waits
Just as it always will
And standing by the gates
The ghosts of me and you
I will not answer
If I love you still
But if I do, I do
I do