Fixative

If there's a diamond in my mind Will it dwindle down to naught Or will it always be defined If I can't fix it in my heart So I'm returning to the place That I might look into your eyes And look so hard that I can taste That winter sun that never sets The swallow caught up in the nets The perfect chorus when it hits Don't slam the door, boy, when you leave Was heading northward when I saw That empty house out in the mist There are traces left for sure On every mouth you ever kissed So I'm returning to the word That I might look between the lines That I might dutifully recall The blue within your seagull stare The funny ways you had to care For every little thing beyond compare Don't slam the door, boy, when you leave So now I'm calling in the gulf When you went walking with the wolf Hey boy, you really brought it on yourself Don't slam the door, now, when you leave The strangest for we ever faced The stark in every staging grace Is crushing diamonds into paste Don't slam the door, boy, when you leave Don't slam the door, boy, when you leave --- Fixative - David Gray