Helio Flanders - The Last Time I Saw You lyrics

The 1st time I saw you I did try hard to burn my eyes Life was but a sad dream I was but a sad breath You were something like sand When sunlight hits the sea The 2nd time I saw you I was about to take the road I asked "Would you wait for me?" You said "Life ain't a highway" Better if we'd been born As siamese songbirds The 3rd time I saw you We went to the zoo All steady hot beers, sorrowful monkeys Big eyes laughing Wish I had not held hands The 4th time I saw you It was like I was gonna die I was waiting outside And you just had a new guy And asked me why, I, I Son, son, won't you come along? We have no time for another song, song, song Won't you sing along? We have no sea, child The 5th time I saw you He was traveling abroad And your eyes, they were not here You just made new friends While I tried to stop with cigarrettes The 6th time I saw you I was properly insane For the whisky I'd drunk The d** I'd taken Gimme one way you will realise The 7th time I saw you You were married again And if I had just once kissed you Things wouldn't be the same Surely the sky'd be different The 8th time I saw you I was strumming the guitar And your ears were not for me My ears were a-bleeding The waiter was blind Please someone blind my eyes The last time I saw you It was about 5 a.m You approached me in a strange car Finally kissed me Then did wave goodbye Before you disappeared Sometimes I ache, babe I ain't hard enough to stand Days they just drown me Coming back from work Having sour breakfast Seasick from your chest