Patchwork Lyric (2)

Lyric by Clive James, music by Pete Atkin


A fiction crying to be real
I try to help it, but cannot.
Soyez permanent et leal;
Love me so that I it feele
And not by you shall be forgot

Though living well is for the few
Soyez permanent et leal.
I, if only you are true
Could be as good and kind as you.
Love me so that I it feele.

A fiction crying to be real
And every chance already blown:
Love me so that I it feele,
Soyez permanent et leal,
See the way I am alone.

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