We met out on open streets when we had no place to go (1)
I remember how my heart beat when you said I love you so
Then little by little we choked out all the life that our love could hold
Oh no
It's like we had a noose and baby without check
We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darlin', to say when
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end
We didn't count tomorrows, we took what we could and baby we ran (2)
There was no time for sorrow, every place we went I held your hand
And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know
But oh no
It's like we had a noose and baby without check
We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darlin', to say when
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end
Our love has fallen around us like we said it never could
We saw it happen to all the others but to us it never would
Well how could something so bad, darling, come from something that was so good
I don't know
It's like we had a noose and baby without check
We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darlin', to say when
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end
On the loose end
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I remember how my heart beat when you said I love you so
Then little by little we choked out all the life that our love could hold
Oh no
It's like we had a noose and baby without check
We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darlin', to say when
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end
We didn't count tomorrows, we took what we could and baby we ran (2)
There was no time for sorrow, every place we went I held your hand
And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know
But oh no
It's like we had a noose and baby without check
We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darlin', to say when
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end
Our love has fallen around us like we said it never could
We saw it happen to all the others but to us it never would
Well how could something so bad, darling, come from something that was so good
I don't know
It's like we had a noose and baby without check
We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darlin', to say when
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end
On the loose end
...
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NOTES
Une autre version studio de cette chanson est sortie sur l'album The River : The Single Collection, paru en 2015 au sein du coffret The Ties That Bind: The River Collection.
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(1) Paroles croisées : "We met out on open streets when we had no place to go / I remember how my heart beat when you said, 'I love you so'" sont des vers apparaissant dans la chanson Little White Lies ("We met on open streets where we both had no place to go / I remember how my heart beat when you said, 'Oh Billy I love you so'")
(2) Paroles croisées : "We didn't count tomorrows, we took what we could and baby we ran / There was no time for sorrow, every place we went I held your hand / And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know" est un couplet apparaissant dans la chanson Little White Lies ("We did not count tomorrows, we took what we could and ran / There was no time for sorrow, every place you went I held your hand / And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know")
(2) Paroles croisées : "We didn't count tomorrows, we took what we could and baby we ran / There was no time for sorrow, every place we went I held your hand / And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know" est un couplet apparaissant dans la chanson Little White Lies ("We did not count tomorrows, we took what we could and ran / There was no time for sorrow, every place you went I held your hand / And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know")