Love Is Not For Me

from Lost in Swansea by Old Lost John

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LOVE IS NOT FOR ME

When I was a young man
I'd sing my songs and
Take girls for walks by the beach
But I could never hold on to
The one that I'd want to
Love, it isn't for me
No, love it isn't for me

Breathing it all in
Brown leaves are falling
As a chilly wind blows through the trees
And I'm feeling blue
Now that summer is through
'Cause love, it isn't for me
Love, it isn't for me

Love on the run
It's easy for some
Oh I wish that I held the key
The door won't unlock and
I keep on knockin'
But love, it isn't for me

A long day is over
I walk through the clover
The sun bleeding into the sea
I reckon at last
As many years passed
That love, it isn't for me
Love, it isn't for me

No sensible girl
In this mighty world
Would stay with somebody like me
The stars are a-blazing
But the dream that I'm chasing
I know, it isn't for me
No, love it isn't for me

Love on the run
It's easy for some
Oh I wish that I held the key
The door won't unlock and
I keep on knockin'
But love, it isn't for me

Now I lie on my bed
With these words in my head
"The best things in life are all free"
But I have this feeling
As I stare at the ceiling
That love, it isn't for me
No, love is not for me

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from Lost in Swansea, released May 3, 2014

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