A Love You Can't Survive
Am F
Now I remember the promise I gave you
C Dm
The night I shipped out as a peace volunteer
Am F
As we sat holding hands in the Lamb and Flag tavern
C Dm
I swore Id be back for you same time next year
But I killed a man in a Brazzaville street fight
I tried to hold back, but he taunted me so
5 years till they freed me from that Brazzaville prison
Out of boredom or pity, I never will know
Chorus:
F G
Now I bear the stain, the scar on my name
D F G Em
And I never can go back again
Am Dm G Am Dm G
Theres a love you cant survive, theres a love you cant survive
F G F G Em Am
And it tears you up inside, theres a love you cant survive
I sailed my boat into New Orleans harbour
Tied up at the jetty, as bold as you please
With a half-ton of charlie built in to the bulkhead
Right under the noses of all them police
Now here I sit in my house on the mountain
Im King of the clouds and all I survey
Theres women who are willing, and the law cant touch me
But yours is the one face that wont go away
Chorus
by: Jos Duarte
jtduarte1@gmail.com
