If That's What You Need

from Billy Cross's Daughter by Menhirs of Er Grah

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If That’s What You Need.

Music and Lyrics by Thom Carter. Copyright Verlaine Records 2010.

After the silence,
After the silence,
After the silence,
You pour like the rain,

In a world that just keeps on trying to change you,
I know that you’ll stay the same.

Say that you need me,
Say that you need me,
Say that you need me,
And I will do the same,

In a world where things don’t seem to work out,
I know that you’re not to blame.

Are you the one who just keeps on moving on,
Or are you happy with me?

***

In these modern times,
When romance seems such a beautiful thing,
And we can talk and be lovers,
If that’s what you need,

Out in the city tonight we can dance,
Take the train to your flat and drink wine,
And be together, if that’s what you like,

But if these modern times never last,
Then it’s a beautiful thing that we could talk,
And be lovers, if that’s what you need.

***

Take what you want,
Take what you need,
Take everything that you can carry,
I’ll give to you anything,

Choose what you want,
Choose what you need,
Choose if you want me, baby,
It’s the age that we are living in,

And the world just keeps on trying to change you,
But you’re all that I need.

***

In these modern times,
When romance seems such a beautiful thing,
And we can talk, or be lovers,
If that’s what you need,

Out in the city tonight we can dance,
Take the train to your flat and drink wine,
And be together, if that’s what you’d like,

But if these modern times never last,
Then what a beautiful thing that we could talk,
And be lovers, when that’s what you need.

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from Billy Cross's Daughter, released April 1, 2010

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