Innocence
Rob Halligan - From the CD 'Dark Clouds Fighting' and 'Dancing With Seagulls'

I want to sing a song to you
About your eyes and what they do
But that's been sung a thousand times before
I want to sing about thethrill
I get everytime you tell me
You'll stay and be mine for ever more
Ther's so much I want to say
But i've been told it doesn't pay
To put love in a simple song
Now our innocence has gone

I want to write a verse or three
about the times you went with me
And we stayed out late
And danced under the moonlit sky
But I have heard that people laugh
About our dreamy distant past
Saying everything we did back then has died
But I've been told it doesn't sell
And i might just as well
Sing a different kind of song
Now our innocence has gone

I heard a guy the other day
Sing of how he had his way
And left her when he'd finished where she lay
and love ran in and out the song
But somewhere love has got it wrong
If love thinks it can just get up
And walk away
There's a simple truth I've heard
That love holds on for all it's worth
Well that's where we've all gone wrong
That's where our innocence has gone

The greatest love ever told
More than Julie and Romeo
Is of a love that stretched across the heavens
And laid Him down to make a bridge
That she could cross to be with Him
And live togetherhappy after ever
Well some folks think that's just a tail
And love like that is bound to fail
That's where they've all gone wrong
That's where their innocence has gone

So I'll put love in a simple song
Now our innocence has gone

© Rob Halligan 2001