Skinny Love

Album: Birdy (2011)
Charted: 17
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  • Come on skinny love, just last the year
    Pour a little salt, we were never here
    My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
    Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer

    Tell my love to wreck it all
    Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
    My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
    Right in the moment, this order's tall

    And I told you to be patient
    And I told you to be fine
    And I told you to be balanced
    And I told you to be kind
    And in the morning I'll be with you
    But it will be a different kind
    'Cause I'll be holding all the tickets
    And you'll be owning all the fines

    Come on, skinny love, what happened here?
    Suckle on the hope in light brassieres
    My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
    Sullen load is full, so slow on the split

    And I told you to be patient
    And I told you to be fine
    And I told you to be balanced
    And I told you to be kind
    And now all your love is wasted
    And who the hell was I?
    'Cause now I'm breaking at the britches
    And at the end of all your lines

    Who will love you?
    Who will fight?
    And who will fall far behind?

    Come on skinny love
    My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
    My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my Writer/s: Justin Deyarmond Edison Vernon
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Helena from Bucks, United KingdomI do prefer her breath-taking version to the original. Her vocal strength is amazing! I love it! :3
  • Leigh from Cape Town, South AfricaBirdy's version of Skinny Love is just phenomenal and (dare I say it), I prefer it to the original. I first heard it on The Vampire Diaries. I've since become a big fan of her music.
  • Lauren from Southampton, United KingdomFantastic to see Birdy doing so well after performing at the O2 and winning her category in the biggest music competition in the UK for singers!
    http://www.openmicuk.co.uk/news/view/647/Birdy-set-to-fly-high-and-take-on-the-UK-top-40-after-winning-singing-competition-in-2008
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