D5
I left the east side for a west coast beauty
   G5
A girl who burned my thoughts like kisses
E5
She was down by street decree
     G5                              D5 
She swore she'd pull my best years out of me
D5
Fat painted lips on a live wire beauty
    G5
A tangerine girl with tambourine eyes
E5
Her face was my favourite magazine
     G5                             D5
Her body was my favourite book to read

D5                   G5                             D5 
They say that all poets must have an unrequited love
          G5                                 D5       
As all lovers must have thought provoking fears
                  G5                       D5
But holdig on to you means letting go of pain
                      G5
Means letting go of tears
                     D5
Means letting go of rain
                     C5     E5   G5
Means letting go of what's not real
               D5
Holding on to you

I left the rough side for a seaside baby
A chamomile smile that pouts on cue
For every moment I breathe her sigh
Her bosom contains my sweet alibi
In an emotional mist she breathes in fog
And breathes it out as garden flowers
Why me of all the tough talking boys
I guess she heard my heartbeat through the noise

They say that all poets must have an unrequited love
As all lovers must have thought provoking fears

But holding on to you
Means letting go of pain
Means letting go of tears
Means letting go of rain
Holding on to you
Means letting sorrows heal
Means letting go of what's not real
Holding on to you

They say that all poets must have an unrequited love
As all lovers I'm sure must have thought provoking fears

But holding on to you
means letting sorrows heal
Means letting go of what's not real
Holding on to you

I left the east coast for a west coast beauty
a woman who wet my thoughts like kisses
she was down down by street decree
she swore she'd pull my best years out of me
fat wet lips on a sea salt canvas
Goodbye Picasso hello Dolly/Dali
The soil is fertile where her footsteps trod
She's my new religion she's all I got

They say that all poets must have an unrequited love
as all lovers I'm sure must have thought provoking fears

But holding on to you
means letting go of tears
means letting go of rain
means letting sorrows heal
It means letting go of pain 

Enjoy, Klaus Gregaard