It's right in front of you You still describe as your latest undertaking It seems to me it's been a lifetime in the making And somehow it won't come right Somehow it won't come good Somehow it won't come easy Not that you thought it would
You're feeling tired you're feeling dissipated This is not what you anticipated And somehow it won't come right Somehow it won't come good Somehow it won't come easy But it's there Right in front of you
You just keep on striving As if that were enough in itself Why don't you stand back a bit And consider the view of somebody else
These aren't the times for seeking perfection You could look back upon these days with affection When somehow it all came right Somehow it all came good Somehow it all came easy Just like you knew it could 'Cause it's there It's right in front of you Yes it's there right in front of you
I've been prayin', I'm prayin' that you come to your senses 'Cause whilst you bask in the warmth of the sun We're vulnerable and defenseless There are so many people, who've come to depend on you There are even some impressionable fools to whom you are a guru
And return to them and you say, "Love is in this season" But the seasons change and what will you believe in When the winter comes that's when I'll be leavin' I'll leave to find a way to break out of this world Yes, there's got to be a way to break out of this world
You were burned, yours is a love that smolders, so hard to heal That you're carrying the weight of the world upon you're shoulders Not that it amounts to much but I'd help you if I could Now, don't waste your breath refusing my help but so many understood
And return to me and you say, "Love is in this season" But the seasons change and what will you believe in When the winter comes that's when I'll be leavin' I'll leave to find a way to break out of this world Yes, there's got to be a way to break out of this world
And return to me and you say, "Love is in this season" But the seasons change and what will you believe in When the winter comes that's when I'll be leavin' I'll leave to find a way to break out of this world Yes, there's got to be a way to break out of this world Yes, there's got to be a way to break out of this world
I've never known a girl like you before Now just like in a song from days of yore Here you come a knockin', knockin' at my door And I've never met a girl like you before You give me just a taste so I want more and more Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw Now you've got me crawlin', crawlin' on the floor And I've never met a girl like you before You've made me acknowledge the devil in me I hope to God I'm talkin' metaphorically Hope that I'm talkin' allegorically Know that I'm talkin' about the way I feel And I've never known a girl like you before Never, never, never, never Never known a girl like you before This old town's changed so much Don't feel like I belong Too many protest singers Not enough protest songs And now you've come along Yes you've come along And I've never met a girl like you before
I've never known a girl like you before Now just like in a song from days of yore Here you come a knockin', knockin' at my door And I've never met a girl like you before You give me just a taste so I want more and more Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw Now you've got me crawlin', crawlin' on the floor And I've never met a girl like you before You've made me acknowledge the devil in me I hope to God I'm talkin' metaphorically Hope that I'm talkin' allegorically Know that I'm talkin' about the way I feel And I've never known a girl like you before Never, never, never, never Never known a girl like you before This old town's changed so much Don't feel like I belong Too many protest singers Not enough protest songs And now you've come along Yes you've come along And I've never met a girl like you before
스매시 히트를 기록한 <A Girl Like You> 이후 치솟았던 기대는 소니와의 계약으로 이어졌고 에드윈 콜린스(Edwyn Collins)는 유례없이 대대적인 관심 속에 97년 4번째 앨범 [I'm Not Following You]를 발표하기에 이른다. 하지만 정작 앨범이 발매되자 반응은 (더 큰 것을 바라고 있던 사람들에게 있어서) 신통치 않았다. 이 앨범에 기꺼히 손을 들어준 많은 사람들이 있었음에도 결국 그는 다시 오랜 침묵기를 가져야 했다. 언제나 '악전고투'라는 말로 설명이 가능했던 에드윈 콜린스의 드라마틱한 일대기는 그렇게 97년 또 한번의 획을 그은 듯 싶었다.<A Girl Like You>의 열기도, [I'm Not Following You]의 기억도 모두 먼 이야기처...
