Girlfriend

Don't tell me to stop crying

Please just hold me while I do

Soothe me with your silence

And just cradle me to you

Don't push me for my reasons

Or expect me to explain

How can I in five minutes

Shift a lifetime's hidden pain?



Don't tell your girlfriend about me

Cause your girlfriend

won't like girls like me

Don't tell your girlfriend about me

If you just hold me, hold me, hold me



I went to see a psychic

And I paid for good advice

He said Forget a romance

'til you've sorted out your life

Be your own mother and your father

And your sister and brother

And even try to crack the art

Of being your own lover



Don't tell your girlfriend about me

Cause your girlfriend

won't like girls like me

Don't tell your girlfriend about me

If you just hold me, hold me, hold me



In my darkest hour you'd be mine

These wildest dreams are no crime

Or are they?

(Girlfriend)

Coming from a place of need

Not one of abundance you see

He told me

(Girlfriend)



Don't tell me to stop crying

Please just hold me while I do

Soothe me with your silence

And just cradle me to you

Don't push me for my reasons

Or expect me to explain

How come I say I'm happy

To be on my own again



Don't tell your girlfriend about me

Cause your girlfriend

won't like girls like me

You don't have to tell your girlfriend about me

If you just hold me, hold me, hold me







Julia Fordham