Tender To The Blues - James Yorkston, The Athletes

Before I jump ship, for cooler shores

may I gently close this account of ours

Though all that I know and have loved, is inside

I’m just losing faith in these costly times

And I pray for your health and your peace of mind

but God must know I just want you by my side

And the morning I’ve woken and sought your warmth

If only I’d held you and told you before

But I’m no fool, my heart is just exposed

I’m just weathering the flows

And I’m not the man you thought, I suppose

you leave me tender to the blues

And you phone me to tell me, of these regrets of yours

But I’ve been lying awake until the small small hours

And the wise men say I should fight for my cause

But I’m all punched out and just so so tired

But I’m no fool, my heart is just exposed

I’m just weathering the flows

And you’re not the girl I thought, I suppose

you leave me tender to the blues

I’m no fool, my heart is just exposed

I’m just weathering the flows

And I’m not the man you thought, I suppose

you leave me tender to the blues

to the blues