(Shane MacGowan)
I've been loving you a long time
Down all the years, down all the days

And I've cried for all your troubles
Smiled at your funny little ways
We watched our friends grow up together

And we saw them as they fell
Some of them fell into Heaven
Some of them fell into Hell


I took shelter from a shower
And I stepped into your arms

On a rainy night in Soho
The wind was whistling all its charms
I sang you all my sorrows

You told me all your joys
Whatever happened to that old song
To all those little girls and boys


Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means

But there's a light I hold before me
And you're the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams


Sometimes I wake up in the morning
The gingerlady by my bed

Covered in a cloak of silence
I hear you in my head
I'm not singing for the future

I'm not dreaming of the past
I'm not talking of the fist time
I never think about the last


Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means

Still there's a light I hold before me
You're the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams