Inventing the Black Country

I Love You Tonight

The

First

A grey Midlands town on a Tuesday night
The Sun’s not quite down but we’ve got the streetlights
Your hands are cold and your eyes seem old
And your ears seem weary of the stories that I’ve told

And I can’t change your mind
When you’re so wrapped up in sorrow
I know I can’t be certain
You’ll still love me tomorrow

And i can’t change your past
Or the lovers you’ve been choosing
And I can’t offer you anything
Except my own confusion

But I love you tonight
it’s all I’ve ever known
If you love me tonight
don’t leave me alone
In a grey Midlands town
Walking home

The bus pulls in late past the school I used to go
And housewives wait in front of television glow
And kids smash bottles cross the streets we used to roam
Feel alone when they’re all together
It’s a feeling that we’ve known