Feb 17, 2024

Mind The Gap



Into The Gap
Thompson Twins (1984)
The fourth and most successful Thompson Twins album was released forty years ago today.  I never owned it, but it has two songs that have a place on just about every 80's playlist that I've ever listened to.  The first, and less well known of the two, is Doctor Doctor.  The second is a song that went to #3 on the charts and is familiar to just about everyone of every age.
I have a picture
Pinned to my wall
An image of you and of me
And we're laughing, we're loving it all
But look at our life now
All tattered and torn
We fuss and we fight and delight in the tears
That we cry until dawn

Hold me now
Warm my heart
Stay with me
Let lovin' start, let lovin' start

You say I'm a dreamer
We're two of a kind
Both of us searching for some perfect world
We know we'll never find
So, perhaps I should leave here
Yeah, yeah, and go far away
But you know that there's nowhere
That I'd rather be, than with you here today

Hold me now
Warm my heart
Stay with me
Let lovin' start, let lovin' start

You ask if I love you
Well, what can I say?
You know that I do and that this is just one
Of those games that we play
So, I'll sing you a new song
Please don't cry anymore
I'll even ask your forgiveness, though I don't know
Just what I'm asking it for

Hold me now
Warm my heart
Stay with me
Let lovin' start, let lovin' start