Tips of My Fingers - Desmond Dekker

I reached out my arms and I touched you

With soft words I whispered your name

I had your love on the tips of my fingers

Oh, but that was as close as I came

My eyes had a vision of sweet lips

Yielding beneath my command

I had your love on the tips of my fingers

But I let it slip right through my hands

But I let it slip right through my hands

Somebody took you when I wasn’t looking

And I should have known from the start

That it’s a long, long way from the tips of my fingers

To the love hidden deep in your heart

To the love hidden deep in your heart

I had your love on the tips of my fingers

But I let you slip right through my hands

Yes, I let you slip right through my hands…