A Leaf from a Tree

and live

Sometimes I feel I might just fall apart
Trying to hold all this in my heart.
Late at night when the house is dark,
I’m scared, yes, I’m scared
That like the wind takes a leaf from a tree,
Time will take your love from me.
Like the wind takes a leaf from a tree
Time will take your love from me.

And you’re kind. You tell me don’t be scared.
And you promise you’ll always be there.
Well I believe that you care.
I know, yes I know
That like the wind takes a leaf from a tree
Time will take your love from me.

Like the wind takes a leaf from a tree
Time will take your love from me.

So hold me until the night has gone.
Hold me and tell me that I’m wrong.
Your love is my hideaway.
So wrap your arms around me
And tell me that you’ll stay.

Otherwise I know I’m going to fall apart.
I’ll never hold all this in my heart.
Late at night when the house is dark,
I’m scared, yes, I’m scared
That like the wind takes a leaf from a tree,
Time will take your love from me.
Like the wind takes a leaf from a tree
Time will take your love from me.

Don’t take your love from me.
Don’t take your love.
Please don’t take your love.

Mary Coughlan

“A Leaf from a Tree” could well be the most perfectly crafted song I’ve ever heard. Its available on the album “Uncertain Pleasures” from 1990. I’ve just ordered the CD to replace my tatty LP and single and couldn’t believe how cheap it was from that Amaz(ing)on mega-mail order company.

Incidentally the new CD  “The House of Ill Repute” is now out and, after a period in Australia, Mary will be playing in the UK in March 2009.