My Paper Heart

by mark knopfler

Please just don't play with me,
My paper heart will bleed
This wait for destiny won't do
Be with me, please, I beseech you.
Simple things that make you run away
Catch you if I can
Tears fall down your face
The taste is something new (something new)
I know moving on is
Easiest when i am around you
So bottle up old love,
And throw it out to sea
Watch it away as you cry
A year has passed, the seasons go
Please just don't play with me,
My paper heart will bleed
This wait for destiny won't do
Be with me, please, I beseech you.
Simple things that make you run away
Catch you if I can
Waiting, day to day it goes through
My lips are sealed for her (my tongue is)
Tied to a dream of being with you
To settle for less is not what I prefer
So bottle up old love,
And throw it out to sea
Watch it away as you cry
A year has passed, the seasons go
Please just don't play with me,
My paper heart will bleed
This wait for destiny won't do
Be with me, please, I beseech you.
Simple things that make you run away
Catch you if I can
Summertime, the nights are so long.
The leaves fall down,
And so do I into the arms of a friend.
Winter nights, my bedside is cold,
for I am gone.
Spring blossoms you to me.
Summertime, the nights-- they are so long.
The leaves fall down,
And so do I into the arms of a friend.
Winter nights, my bedside is cold,
for I am gone.
Spring blossoms you to me.