Shirtsleeves

Album: x (2014)
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  • I can taste salt water
    And if I blink again
    You'll be sinking in
    So we'll learn to swim in the oceans you made
    I'll hold ya and you'll think of him
    And pretty soon you'll be floating away

    And I'll hold on to the words you spoke of
    Anchored down in the throat, love
    And I'm captain of this sinking boat now
    With just one armband to carry me home

    When salted tears won't dry
    I'll wipe my shirtsleeves
    Under your eyes
    These hearts will be flooded tonight
    I'll wipe my shirtsleeves
    Under your eyes
    Your eyes, your eyes, your eyes, your eyes, your eyes

    I still taste salt water
    On my lips from your kiss, bitterness
    And I'll drown within the oceans you made
    And I hate to love you, these cuffs are covered in your make up
    I'll never trust you again
    You can just be a friend

    And I'll hold on to the words you spoke of
    Anchored down in the throat, love
    And I'm captain of this sinking boat now
    With just one armband to carry me home

    When salted tears won't dry
    I'll wipe my shirtsleeves
    Under your eyes
    These hearts will be flooded tonight
    I'll wipe my shirtsleeves
    Under your eyes

    Your eyes, your lips, your mouth
    Your thighs, your back, you drive me wild
    Tonight, the fact is I
    I'm on my way home
    I'm on my way home
    I lied, I tried to cry but I'm, I'm drowning in the oceans you made

    When salted tears won't dry
    I'll wipe my shirtsleeves
    Under your eyes
    These hearts will be flooded tonight
    I'll wipe my shirtsleeves
    Under your eyes
    Your eyes, your eyes, your eyes, your eyes, your eyes Writer/s: Ed Sheeran
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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