Ferry Bryan These Foolish Things Lyrics

These Foolish Things Lyrics

These Foolish Things (Marvell/Strachey/Link) (Brian Ferry, 1973)

 

 oh will you never let me be

 oh will you never set me free

 the ties that bound us

 are still around us

 there=B9s no escape that I can see

 and still those little things remain

 that bring me happiness or pain

 

 a cigarette that bears a lipsticks traces

 an airline ticket to romantic places

 and still my heart has wings

 these foolish things

 remind me of you

 

 a tinkling piano in the next apartment

 those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant

 a fairgrounds painted swings

 these foolish things

 remind me of you

 

 you came

 you saw

 you conquered me

 when you did that to me I somehow knew that this had to be

 

 the winds of March that make my heart a dancer

 a telephone that rings but who=B9s to answer

 oh how the ghost of you clings

 these foolish things

 remind me of you

 

 gardenia perfume lingering on a pillow

 wild strawberries only 7 francs a kilo

 and still my heart has wings

 these foolish things

 remind me of you

 

 I know

 that this

 was bound to be

 these things have haunted me for you=B9ve entirely enchanted me

 

 the sigh of midnight trains in empty stations

 silk stockings thrown aside and sin-vitations

 oh how the ghost of you clings

 these foolish things

 remind me of you

 

 the smile of Garbo and the scent of roses

 the waiters whistling as the last bar closes

 the song that Crosby sings

 these foolish things

 remind me of you

 

 how strange

 how sweet

 to find you still

 these things are dear to me that seem to bring you so near to me

 

 the scent of smoking leaves the wail of steamers

 two lovers on the street who walk like dreamers

 oh how the ghost of you clings

 these foolish things

 remind me of you

 just you...