Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - These Days lyrics

You don't need a lover in this climate You don't need a boyfriend in your bed These days Pull a blanket round you, baby If you're looking for an early grave Mr Anderton will lead you to it He says Pull a blanket round you, baby Some have said I'd go now rather than wait Just to sit and watch my days slip away So surely You don't need a lover in this climate You don't need a boyfriend in your bed These days Pull a blanket round you, babe Jesus said Jesus said to Mary Lord, the things we do for love Well, do think I seem self conscious It's only you I'm thinking of Well I was hiding in the bathroom Quite unable to cry Now I'm weeping with a vengence Since your voice came down the line I moved up from the country Though I never could have stayed I just dipped my hand in the water And got carried away Well would you put me down Just for being around At the wrong time of day? Or would you leave me while I'm sleeping Out through the fire escape? They tell me swans do fly Across a perfect sky And it's a purist's sky tonight So you'll desert me in the morning On account of your cruelty and spite I moved up from the country To wave goodbye to all that I just leapt up on that riverboat And I never will look back Jesus said to Mary Lord, the things we do for love Well, did she think he was self conscious It was only her he was thinking of Well I was hiding in the bathroom Quite unable to cry Now I'm weeping with a vengence But these are tears of joy, oh my I moved up from the country Though I never could have stayed I just dipped my hand in the water And got carried away