This Side Of The Morning - Del Amitri

Nobody’s perfect

And that’s something that I’m sure she’ll know

'Cos trying to tell her lies from the truth at times

Is like trying to divide ice from snow

And when I knew it was over

I jumped into a taxi and said, «Just guess where to go»

And the driver turned about and said

«Finding what you want is like

Trying to divide ice from snow»

So here I sit, rolling back to bed

Knowing love’s a hazard that I’d never guessed

But from this side of the morning I couldn’t care less

I couldn’t care less

Nobody’s helpless

Although I’ve never felt this helpless before

And trying to persuade myself not to think about her

Is like trying to tell the clouds not to pour

So I’ll put down the bottle

While in my head time is collapsing and the currents run cold

So I’ll curse her memory

But don’t try telling me that she was not the emerald in a mountain of coal

Or there’s a crock of cures for cancer at the end of the rainbow

So here I sit, rolling back to bed

Knowing love’s a hazard that I’d never guessed

But from this side of the morning I couldn’t care less

I couldn’t care less

She’s the kind of girl who won’t forgive but will forget

So take me from this party, driver, put me back to bed

I wanted to be loved but just got laughed at instead

So if this taxi’s for hire

I’ll get in the back just to feel the friction of the tarmac and the tyres

So nobody’s perfect

And that’s something that I’m sure she’ll know

But trying to persuade myself not to think about her is like

Trying to tell the cockerels not to crow

Or like trying to tell the striker not to think about the goal

So here I sit, rolling back to bed

Knowing love’s a hazard that I’d never guessed

But from this side of the morning

Yeah, from this side of the morning

Yeah, from this side of the morning

I couldn’t care less