Story Behind The Song

working on a relationship

Song Description

trying to make the lover surrender to love aftger being hurt

Lyrics

"Corduroy". M. Leppard. c 1998

there you go again
pretending I am nothing to you
how can you look me in the eye
a skittish dilletant
you dip your toes into the water
and then you lay them out to dry
why do you just assume
you can waltz into my life
and exit just exactly as you please

chorous:
I see five o'clock shadow
and crumpled corduroy
on a man who's strong in stature
on a fightened little boy
I know that you have suffered
I've seen some pain
It takes a lot of courate
to love again

here we are again
wrestling with communication
and it's all hit and miss today
I practise holding back
to get some more illumination
and ask for gentle words to say
why do you choose to come
close enough to taste my love
that game just brings me to my knees

chorous:

see the street sweeper
doing his rounds in the morning
do you think he would lose belief
if a single leaf
was lost from out his hand
he's not that sort of man
he know there is a plan

there's five o'clock shadow
and crumpled corduroy
on a man who's strong in stature
on my fightened little boy
I know that you have suffered
I've seen some pain
it takes a lot of courage to love again
to love again.