Desmond Dekker - Tips of my fingers lyrics

I reach out my arms and I touch you (touch you) With soft words I whisper your name (your name) I held you right on the tips of my fingers But, I let it slip right through my hands My eyes had a vision of your sweet lips (sweet lips) Yielding beneath my command (my command) I had your love on the tips of my fingers But I let it slip right through my hands Ah, somebody took you when I wasn't looking And I should have known, said I know, from the start That it's a long, long way from the tips of my fingers But I let it slip right through my hands Yes, I had your love on the tips of my fingers But I let you slip right through my hands