Read 'em 'n' weep - Ian Hunter

On a warm summer day, at the hour of my youth

I walked the four miles to your door

You wore a straw hat, high heels to match

And the whitest cotton dress I ever saw

When I tried to hold you, you turned away

You don’t have to tell me, it’s all over your face

I can see the writing on the wall

And there’s a distance in your eyes that says it all

Read it and weep, I can’t get no sleep

'Cause I know you won’t change your mind tomorrow

I’m sinking under and I don’t wanna lose you

This emptiness is more than I can handle

You gave me no reason but you gave me a rhyme

I put the words to music and I was out of my mind

All I’ve got’s the letters that I keep

And sometimes just before I go to sleep

I read 'em and weep, you swept me off of my feet

Now I know, time’s the only healer

This jealousy hurts, the thought of seeing you with someone else

Cuts like a knife into the heart of me

Life is a river, it twists and it turns

But I’ll get over you, babe, I’ll live and I’ll learn

The paper’s full of January sales

I guess I won’t be buying fairytales

Read 'em and weep, cryin' in my sleep

'Cause I know I’m gonna be alone tomorrow

And I walked the four miles, yeah, I walked the four miles

In tears and sorrow

This was the story, here’s where it ends

Next time I’ll be wiser, won’t get let down again

I wanted you so badly but I failed

Now all I got’s these little paper trails

Read 'em and weep, read 'em and weep

Oh yeah, de de de

Read 'em and weep, read 'em and weep

Ah, ha

I wanted you so badly but I failed

Now all I got’s these little paper trails, ah