| It was your birthday yesterday | 
| I gave a gift that almost took your breath away | 
| But to be honest I nearly left it on the train | 
| For your lover give some time | 
| You talk forever on the phone | 
| To your mother and with my thoughts I’m left alone | 
| Now and then I think: how strange our love has grown | 
| For your lover give some time | 
| I will give up these cigarettes | 
| Stay at home and watch you mend the tears in your dress | 
| Have your name in a rose tattooed across my chest | 
| And be your lover for all time | 
| Maybe I will drink a little less | 
| Come home early and not complain about the death | 
| And give you flowers from the graveyard now and then | 
| For your lover give some time | 
| instrumental | 
| I think of places that I’ve seen | 
| A skipping stone across the ocean I have been | 
| A rootless man with no one else to share my dream | 
| And for my lover gave no time | 
| Here’s is a toast to you Helene | 
| To all the cinemas we ran in from the rain | 
| Laughing clutching soaking newspapers to your face | 
| And for your love you gave some time | 
| I will give up these cigarettes | 
| Stay at home and watch you mend the tears in your dress | 
| Have your name in a rose tattooed across my chest | 
| And be your lover for all time | 
| Maybe I will drink a little less | 
| Come home early and not complain about the death | 
| And give you flowers from the graveyard now and then | 
| And for my lover give some time | 
| For your lover give some time |