Your eyes won’t leave me,
hoping in every minute left,
tonight’s east river’s gorgeous,
but it’s not everything.
How could I mean to let you down?
The thought of you clings to every sound,
it calms me down.
Time’s been golden,
even second-hand.
I hope we leave it open,
my mind’s been heading back
over the Severn crossing,
like I’m some leading man.
Your eyes won’t leave me,
hoping in every minute left,
tonight’s east river’s gorgeous,
but it’s not everything.
How could I mean to let you down?
The thought of you clings to every sound,
it calms me down.
Time’s been golden,
even second-hand.
I hope we leave it open,
my mind’s been heading back
over the Severn crossing,
like I’m some leading man.
Your eyes won’t leave me,
hoping in every minute left,
tonight’s east river’s gorgeous,
but it’s not everything.
How could I mean to let you down?
The thought of you clings to every sound,
it calms me down.
Time’s been golden,
even second-hand.
I hope we leave it open,
my mind’s been heading back
over the Severn crossing,
like I’m some leading man.