Valerie Simpson
Tears Dry On Their Own (Live On Later With Jools Holland / 2006)
[Verse 1]
All I can ever be to you is the darkness that we knew
And this regret I got accustomed to
Once it felt so right, when we were at our height
Waiting for you in the hotel at night
I knew I hadn't met my match
But every moment we could snatch
I don't know why I got so attached
It's my responsibility
You don't owe nothing to me
But to walk away, I have no capacity
[Chorus]
He walks away, the sun goes down
He takes the day, but I am grown (I am grown)
And in your grey, in this blue shade
My tears dry on their own
[Verse 2]
I don't understand, why do I stress the man?
When there's so many bigger things at hand
We could've never had it all
We had to hit a wall
So this is inevitable withdrawal
Even if I stop wanting you and perspective pushes through
I'll be some next man's other woman soon
I cannot play myself again
I should just be my own best friend
Not play myself in the head with stupid men
[Chorus]
He walks away, the sun goes down
He takes the day, but I am grown (I am grown)
And in your grey, in this blue shade
My tears dry on their own
[Bridge]
So we are history
Your shadow covers me
The sky above ablaze
[Chorus]
He walks away, the sun goes down
He takes the day, but I am grown
And in your grey, in this blue shade
My tears dry, oh
[Verse 3]
I wish I could say no regrets
And no emotional debts
'Cause as we kiss goodbye, the sun sets
So we are history, your shadow covers me
The sky above ablaze that only lovers see
[Chorus]
He walks away, the sun goes down
He takes the day, but I am grown (I am grown)
And in your grey, in this blue shade
My tears dry
Woah, he walks away, the sun goes down
He takes the day, but I am grown
And in your grey, in this blue shade
My tears dry, tears dry
[Outro]
He walks away, the sun goes down
He takes the day, but I am grown
In your grey, in this deep blue shade
My tears dry on their own
Thank you