Because I Have No Hope Of Coming Back

Lyric by Clive James, music by Pete Atkin


Because I have no hope of coming back
My little song must go there for me
Singing to my lady fair
Who will never stand again before me
And never will or ever did adore me

Because I have no hope of coming back
My little song must travel to her
Singing to my lady fair
More fluently than when I knew her
And never found a way of talking to her

     Go, Little song
     And put it right, whatever I said wrong
     Get thee into Tuscany
     And tell the girl hello for me

Because I have no hope of coming back
My little song is with you ever
Singing to my lady fair
It talks to you unlistened-to for ever
And sings for me who will forget you never
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