Labi Siffre - For the Sake of Love

I Forgive, I Forgive

I Forgive All My Friends Who Left Me Alone, I Forgive the Wall That It Had So Many Stones
I Forgive the Lord That He Never Sent a Priest, I Forgive the Hangman, I Forgive the Beast
I Forgive the Winter That It Was So Cold, I Forgive My Father That He Was So Bold
I Forgive the Ashes That They Couldn't Stay Flames, I Forgive the Acid, I Forgive the Rains
I Forgive James Joyce That I Couldn't Read His Books, I Forgive That You've Never Given Back What You Took
I Forgive the Puzzle That I Didn't Fit, I Forgive the Shit That I Couldn't Write a Hit
I Forgive the Dog That She Never Came Home, I Forgive All the Ways That They Always Lead to Rome
I Forgive the Worm in the Very Last Tree, I Forgive the Girls Who Haven't Forgiven Me
I Forgive Inspiration When It Came to Late, I Forgive All the Ladies When I Had to Wait
I Forgive Superman That I Didn't Stay Clean, I Forgive, I Forgive, Anyone, Anything
For the Sake of Love, For the Sake of Love
For the Sake of Love

I Forgive the Angels Who Could Never Take Me High, I Forgive All My Dreams That I Couldn't Really Fly
I Forgive the Thought That I Couldn't Stop Thinking, I Forgive All the Drinks That I Couldn't Stop Drinking
I Forgive the Clock That It Didn't Wake Me Up, I Forgive the Driver, I Forgive the Cab
I Forgive All the Moments That They Wouldn't Stay, I Forgive All the Years That They've Flown Away
I Forgive the Promises That They've Been Broken, I Forgive the Curses That They Have Been Spoken
I Forgive All the Prophets and the Saints of the Past, I Forgive the Stars When They Fell Too Fast
I Forgive the Joke That It Didn't Make Me Laugh, I Forgive Desire That I Had to Starve
I Forgive All the Love For the Sake of Love, I Forgive All Sakes For the Fake Above
For the Sake of Love, For the Sake of Love
For the Sake of Love