Ian Hunter - Read 'Em 'N' Weep lyrics

Hunter On a warm summer day, at the hour of my youth I walked the four miles to your door You wore a straw hat, high heels to match And the whitest cotton dress I ever saw. When I tried to hold you, you turned away You don't have to tell me, it's all over your face I can see the writing on the wall And there's a distance in your eyes that says it all. Read it and weep, I can't get no sleep 'Cause I know you won't change your mind tomorrow I'm sinking under and I don't wanna lose you This emptiness is more than I can handle. You gave me no reason but you gave me a rhyme I put the words to music and I was out of my mind All I've got's the letters that I keep And sometimes just before I go to sleep. I read 'em and weep, you swept me off of my feet Now I know, time's the only healer This jealousy hurts, the thought of seeing you with someone else Cuts like a knife into the heart of me. Life is a river, it twists and it turns But I'll get over you, babe, I'll live and I'll learn The paper's full of January sales I guess I won't be buying fairytales. Read 'em and weep, cryin' in my sleep 'Cause I know I'm gonna be alone tomorrow And I walked the four miles, yeah, I walked the four miles In tears and sorrow. This was the story, here's where it ends Next time I'll be wiser, won't get let down again I wanted you so badly but I failed Now all I got's these little paper trails. Read 'em and weep, read 'em and weep Oh yeah, de de de Read 'em and weep, read 'em and weep Ah, ha. I wanted you so badly but I failed Now all I got's these little paper trails, ah.