The Full English Lyrics

I can't believe that I could have been so foolish

So very wrong about important things

When somebody upstairs sent me an Angel

All I could do was pull the feathers from her wings.

 

I can't believe that I might have been unfaithful

I need someone else the way I need a comb.

Why should I want a swig of Coca-Cola

When I've got Bollinger champagne on ice at home?

And so I try to love you like a rock

And so I try to love you like a stone 

'Cause rocks and stones don't take positions 

And don't impose conditions of their own. 

All I can do is love you like a rock 

Or something made of glass and stainless-steel 

Something transparent and unending 

That's not always depending 

On what you do, or how I feel. 

I can't explain why we should be still together

The omens weren't too good, you must agree.

You're not my type, you're just a bit too clever,

And heaven only knows what you can see in me.

 

I don't exude an attractive air of mystery

Don't have the beauty and the power that go with youth.

The days when those were mine are ancient history,

And I never was that beautiful to tell the truth.

But I can always love you like a rock 

But I can always love you like a stone 

'Cause rocks and stones don't take positions 

And don't impose conditions of their own. 

All I can do is love you like a rock 

Or something made of glass and stainless-steel 

Something transparent and unending 

That's not always depending 

On what you do, or how I feel. 

I don't write many love songs, but I sing this Tango for my girlfriend, Fiona, who once told me, after a row, that I had pulled the feathers from her wings. (They soon grew back.) Michael has a real understanding of Tango, and has made something quite wonderful out of my simple song. He plays an old, café-style Accordion on this track.