“To Talk to You” is a lament to Polly’s late grandmother, Mary Jane Harvey, whom she was very close to. When Mary became unwell and bedridden before her death in 2004, Polly would talk to her on the phone almost daily. In the song, Polly expresses her longing to speak with her grandmother again, per...
[Verse 1]
Oh grandmother
How I miss you
Under the earth
Wish I was with you
[Interlude]
To talk to you
To talk to you
[Verse 2]
I found somebody
Tried to give myself to
Many times
I wanted to talk to you
[Chorus]
If I lay on the earth
Could you hear?
[Bridge]
Oh grandmother
I'm so lonely
All my life
[Chorus]
If I lay on the earth
Could you hear?
[Outro]
If I lay...
Mary...
To Talk to You was written by PJ Harvey.
To Talk to You was produced by PJ Harvey & Flood & John Parish.
PJ Harvey released To Talk to You on Mon Sep 24 2007.