Taking My Life In Your Hands Lyrics - Elvis Costello

My dear impulsive darling, I suspect my letter got to you too late 

And it's really just a silly fragment of paper 

But it means so much to those who wait 

All the suffering days and nights till I dare dream again 

There you suddenly stand and I'll be damned 

If you didn't disappear with the dawn 

Hours pass and darkness comes 

Soon I will close my eyes 

Will you return? 

If you don't reply, you'll be taking my life in your hands 

You'll be taking my life in your hands 

Taking my life in your hands 

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I don't know why, my dearest darling 

I can't tell you how I feel when you are near 

When I see you have returned my letters unopened 

I will tear them up, your voice ringing in my ears 

But you're kidding yourself if you think this correspondence will end 

I can always pretend words I don't have the courage to send reach you 

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Hours pass and darkness comes 

Soon I will close my eyes 

Will you return? 

If you don't reply, you'll be taking my life in your hands 

You'll be taking my life in your hands 

Taking my life in your hands