When You Say You Love Me

When you say you love me is it me you love,
Or is just the moonlight and the stars above?
Will you say you love me when the skies are grey,
Will you say you love me on a clouy day?
When you say you need me is it me you need
Or is it just the thought of a woman guaranteed?
Will you say you need me when others come your way
Will you say you love me on a cloudy day?

Once I heard a blackbird singing in a tree
Thought that every note of his song was meant for me,
Then right through the summer I heard him every day
Until the winter came and my blackbird flew away.
When you say you need me is it me you need
Or is it just the thought of a woman guaranteed?
Will you say you need me when others come your way
Will you say you love me on a cloudy day?

It’s not as if I’m teasing and playing hard to get
But something in your smile puts me on my guard and yet
I’m tempted to believe every single word you say
So is this really love or just a game we play?
When you say you need me is it me you need
Or is it just the thought of a woman guaranteed?
Will you say you need me when others come your way
Will you say you love me, 
Will you say you need me,
Will you say you want me on a cloudy day?

© Hilary James / Andy Baum 1985

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