ONE LAST LOVE SONG
(Paul Heaton / Dave Rotheray)

The Beautiful South
recorded 1994


I once had a friend who I loved from my heart,
But I went on and left her 'fore I'd made a start.
Now I'm moaning the blues like the rest of the charts,
Take me back!

So I'll cry with a limp, just get by on a limb,
Till these blue eyes of mine, they are closed.
So here's to an oldfashioned peck on the cheek,
And farewell, my sweet northern rose!

Give me one last love song,
To bring you back, bring you back.
Give me one last video,
Just dressed in black, dressed in black.
Give him a chorus and that bit at the end,
Where he wails on and on 'bout the loss of a friend,
Let him scream loudly, "Well this love could mend!",
Let it die, let it die!

Those bloody great ballads we hated at first,
Well I bought them all, now I'm writing worse!
Save us from badness and saving the earth,
Take me back!

And I'll smile with a limp and I'll love with a limp,
Till the clouds disappear from above.
As the storm moves away, all I can say
Is there's a towel on the door for your love!

Give me one last love song,
To bring you back, bring you back.
Give me one last video,
Just dressed in black, dressed in black.
Give him a chorus and that bit at the end,
Where he wails on and on 'bout the loss of a friend,
Let him scream loudly, "Well this love could mend!",
Let it die, let it die, let it die!

Give me one last love song,
To bring you back, bring you back.
Give me one last video,
Just dressed in black, dressed in black.
Give him a chorus and that bit at the end,
Where he wails on and on 'bout the loss of a friend,
Let him scream loudly, "Well this love could mend!",
Let it die, let it die, let it die!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2020)