It was your birthday yesterday   I gave a gift that almost took your breath away   But to be honest I nearly left it on the train   For your lover give some time      You talk forever on the phone   To your mother and with my thoughts I'm left alone   Now and then I think "How strange our love has grown"   For your lover give some time      I'll give up this cigarette   Stay at home and watch you mend the tears in your dress   Have your name in a rose tattooed across my chest   And be your lover for all time      Maybe I will drink a little less   Come home early and not complain about the day   And give you flowers from the graveyard now and then   For your lover give some time      I think of places that I've seen   A skipping stone across the ocean I have been   A ruthless man with no one else to share my dream   And for my lover gave no time      Heres is a toast to you Helen   To all the cinemas we ran in from the rain   Laughing clutching soaking newspapers to your face   And for your love you gave some time      I'll give up this cigarette   Stay at home and watch you mend the tears in your dress   Have your name in a rose tattooed across my chest   And be your lover for all time      Maybe I will drink a little less   Come home early and not complain about the day   And give you flowers from the graveyard now and then   And for my lover give some time   For your lover give some time