Portugal Lyrics

WELL THE SYCAMORE TREE STRIKES THE WINDOW AND WAKES ME UP
AND NOW THERE ARE LEAVES ON MY HEAD AND GLASS IN MY BED AND BLOOD
AND SO I LAY THERE A WHILE AND I TRY NOT TO MOVE TIL IT'S SAFE
I DO WAKE WORRIED ALL THE TIME BUT THIS IS A GLOOMY DAY
THERE HAD BEEN PEACE FOR A MONTH AND I'D HOPED THAT THE TROUBLE HAD PASSED
THERE WAS DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND MOVEMENT AND LOVERS AND CALM
AND I GOT LOST AT THE COAST BUT THE PORTUGUESE TOOK ME IN
AND FED ME AND KEPT ME AND NEVER ONCE ASKED WHERE I'D BEEN

AND WHEN THE HEAVENS ABOVE DROPPED ALL THEIR STUFF FOR A WEEK
I WAS HAPPY AND DRY AND I WATCHED THAT SKY WITH GLEE
AND THE RAIN DOESN'T CARE FOR UMBRELLAS DOWN THERE IT JUST FALLS
AND IT'S GOOD TO GET OUT IN THE FLOOD IF YOU CAN SWIM WELL ENOUGH WHILE IT POURS
WELL ANYWAY SOME TIME APART AND A HEALTHY HEART AGAIN
AND I WROTE IT ALL DOWN AND I SANG IT ALL OUT FOR MY FRIENDS
AND THESE DAYS THAT I LOST I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY'VE GONE BUT YOU SEE
THAT IF A MAN GIVES HIS BEST HE'S ONLY BAD LEFT UNDERNEATH

SO THIS TREE IN MY ROOM AND YOU WANT ME TO MEET YOU TODAY
WELL I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HELPS BUT I'VE A LIST OF WHAT I WANT TO SAY
AND IT READS LIKE A SONG BUT I'VE ONLY THIS ONE FOR YOU
AND IT IS WHAT IT IS AND IT'S CLUMSY AND IT'S SHORT AND IT'S TRUE
AND IT IS WHAT IT IS AND IT'S CLUMSY AND IT'S SHORT AND IT'S TRUE