I'm drowning slowly in a river of tears

Choking on memories of forgotten years

Weighed down by nightmares I can't survive

There's only dreams of love to keep me alive

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Then I see you on the side fishing for love

And I try to catch the heart that dangles above

But I can't reach it, it's slightly too high

So please lower it a little before I die

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I welcome this chance with open arms

And I'm dazzled by your smouldering charms

So reel me in and fill me with desire

Take a match to my heart and light my fire

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What are you doing, don't play around

My feet aren't yet firmly on the ground,

Don't leave me like this the line will break

What must I say to you, what will it take

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Don't be hasty take time to think

If you throw me back in I'll surely sink

What's that snap; oh no it's the thread

Now it's too late because my heart is dead

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© A S May 1987