When It Was Ours
Paul Heaton
Letra

Álbum: What Have We Become ( 2014)

verse 1

A Daffodil a rusty swing 

A broken bench where once sat King 

A mouldy doll looks to the stars 

And it was mine and it was yours when it was ours 

verse 2

A withered tree where birds did sing 

A broken song upon the wing 

Those feathered hearts looked up to mars 

When it was mine and it was yours and it was ours 

It was ours when I was yours 

Before this place went on all fours 

Now it s under lock and key 

it isn t you it isn t me 

It s other couples falling walls 

It s other couples punctured balls 

No wasp filled jars or last hurrahs 

Now it ain t ours 

verse 3

The conversation the whisper laugh 

Is overgrown like garden path 

The twisted branch the crooked stairs 

It was yours it was mine now it s all theirs 

verse 4

The bicycle with buckled wheel 

Lays on the grass like how we feel 

A sparrow dies then Eagle soars 

Now it s all theirs no longer mine no longer yours 

It was ours when I was yours 

Before this place went on all fours 

Now it s under lock and key 

it isn t you it isn t me 

It s other couples falling walls 

It s other couples punctured balls 

No wasp filled jars or last hurrahs 

Now it ain t ours 

Verse 3 

Revisit graveyards pubs and clubs 

But don t go back to the place you love 

They quickly return to distant shores 

When they re not ours no longer mine no longer yours 

It was ours when I was yours 

Before this place went on all fours 

Now it s under lock and key 

it isn t you it isn t me 

It s other couples falling walls 

It s other couples punctured balls 

No wasp filled jars or last hurrahs 

Now it ain t ours