Say What You Can

Written by: 
John & Beverley Martyn
1 Nov 1970

You make me shaky,
The way you play the game.
And every time it works the same:
You say what you can, but you can't understand.
It's bigger than you, and it's true.

And if I should wake up screaming,
It's because of the way we're dealing.
And I was so scared that we might fall.
Say what you can, but you can't understand.
It's bigger than you, and it's true.

I think of children;
Something to leave behind.
They keep me worried all the time.
Say what you can, but you can't understand.
You just have to lie, to get by.

And if I should wake up crying,
It's because of the way we're dying.
And I'm so scared that we might fall.

And if I should wake up screaming,
It's because of the way we're dealing.
And I'm so scared that we might fall.

You make me shaky,
The way you play the game.
And every time it works the same.

If I should wake up screaming,
It's because of the way we're dealing.
And I'm so scared that we might fall.

That we might fall;
We might fall,
We might fall;
We might fall...

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