In the 1970s When everyone could do just what they wanted to Sex was like a handshake between friends But now that life and death and destiny Are in you when you're next to me Tell me that you'll love me till the end
And tell me you'll be there If I ever find I've only got one kidney left And tell me you'll be there When I've only got one eye And say that you'll be there to care for me When a wheelchair is my chair You'll be there upon the day I die
Enlightenment in the nowness of now All we have is the nowness of now Enlighten me to the nowness of now All we have is the nowness of now
In the doctor's surgery I keep my fingers crossed Because I know the cost This test for positivity implies Still I do this willingly Because I want to know what I don't want to know Unthinkable thoughts are thoughts we have to try
So tell me you'll be there When my head's on backwards And my skin is turning green And tell me you'll be there When my brain has turned to glue And tell me you'll still be my baby When my guts are on the floor And when I'm paralytic will you still be true?
In the eighteenth century they said 'We'll shortly know all there is to know All things will be clear to us one day' Well I'm sick to death of optimism Sick to death of the shit it drops us in Will they find a cure for hope? No-one can say
But tell me you'll be there When I'm knocked out flat With a drip feed in my arm And tell me you'll be there When the swansong starts to fade And when a life support machine Supports me in a coma you'll be there And when I'm just a cabbage Save me from the spade
So tell me you'll be there When my head's on backwards And my skin is turning green And tell me you'll be there When my brain has gone to sand And tell me you'll still be my baby When my guts are on the floor And when I'm catatonic I'll still be your man
Compositor: Nicholas John Currie (Currie Nick) ECAD: Obra #4470917