Closer To Heaven/Left To My Own Devices Songtext / Lyric

Give me hope

Give me all your love

Tell me now

You're coming home tonight



Have some faith

In the love we share

Is it fate

Does darkness end in light



Never been closer to heaven

Never been further away

Never been closer to heaven

Never been further away



I get out of bed at half past ten

Phone up a friend, who's a party animal

Turn on the news and drink some tea

Maybe if you're with me we'll do some shopping






One day I'll read, or learn to drive a car

If you pass the test, you can beat the rest

But I don't like to compete, or talk street, street, street

I can pick up the best from the party animal



I could leave you, say goodbye

Or I could love you, if I try

And I could

And left to my own devices, I probably would

Left to my own devices, I probably would



Pick up a brochure about the sun

Learn to ignore what the photographer saw

I was always told that you should join a club

Stick with the gang, if you want to belong



I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy

In a world of my own at the back of the garden

I didn't want to compete, or play out on the street

For in a secret life I was a round head general



I could leave you, say goodbye

Or I could love you, if I try

And I could

And left to my own devices, I probably would

Left to my own devices, I probably would

Oh, I would



Che Guevara to a disco beat

Claude Debussy a heartbeat



It's not a crime when you look the way you do

The way I like to picture you

When I get home, it's late at night

I pour a drink and watch the fight



Turn off the TV, look at a book

Pick up the phone, fix some food

Maybe I'll sit up all night and day

Waiting for the minute I hear you say



I could leave you, say goodbye

Or I could love you, if I try

And I could

And left to my own devices, I probably would

And left to my own devices, I probably would

Come on, baby

Left to my own devices, I probably would