Pink Tulips

[Verse 1]
Standing on your doorstep on one morning in spring
Delivering pink tulips not half as pretty as what made my insides ring
Walking along the Grand Canal at midnight in the pouring rain
Writing lines that came from who knows where in a love letter bearing your name

[Refrain]
Singing, "She's gonna be my true love 'til time fades away
She's always been my true love, only just not today"

[Verse 2]
Beneath a tree among the tapestries along Portobello Road
Me and the boys sellin' our corduroy, standin' in the cold
She came by, said hi, but swiftly disappeared
Throughout the coming yеar, the truth became clеar
It was what I'd almost feared

[Refrain]
That you were gonna be my true love 'til time fades away
You'd always been my true love, only just not today

[Verse 3]
I dreamed up a whole lifetime about a house along a country lane
Where you and me raised a family, I couldn't see I was going insane
I was dancing beneath the autumn sky, went in the roof with a hammer and nails
You were sittin' by the fire with the grandchildren reading Russian fairytales

[Refrain]
Singing, "She's gonna be my true love 'til time fades away
You've always been my true love, only just not today"

[Verse 4]
We were married in the winter, just a small affair drawn up on a note
Your fingers were gentle as the falling snow brushing confetti from my coat
I sang another love song which entertained the guests
We drove away at the break of dawn, you had a babe upon your breast

[Refrain]
Singing, "She's gonna be my true love 'til time fades away
You've always been my true love, only just not today"

[Verse 5]
I know you even tried to warn me, but that only made matters worse
Only one thing you could've informed me would've lifted the curse
No matter my true love, one day the dream will fade away
And I'll be as free as the rolling sea, but still the seasons say

[Refrain]
That you're gonna be my true love 'til time fades away
You've always been my true love though you're so far away