As I Hold You - Richard Thompson

Far-flung and sleeping

The friends I relied on

Sleeping like sailors

Adrift and apart

Loving is parting

It’s sooner or later

There’s always eternity

Here in my heart

Will you hold me

Safe inside you

As I hold you

Will you keep

A memory burning

As I keep you

Nothing will end if

I hold you forever

In the cage inside me

A trembling bird

Love will amaze you

Amaze you forever

The strength of a dream

The strength of a word

Will you hold me

Safe inside you

As I hold you

Will you keep

A memory burning

As I keep you