Whitney Houston/ Celine Dion type of ballad

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The basis for the song just popped up in my head one day. It took a little time to write the lyric but the melody was there instantly. Hope you like it.

I’VE SAVED THESE LIPS FOR YOU


I see the lights of the harbour
Disappear in the night
As my ship pulls away out to sea
I see your face in those lights
Shining oh! so clear
And you're moving away from me
Now if this ship is my life
Then the waves are my tears
'Cos my love I have left by the quay
Whatever's true, I've saved these lips for you

It`s a million to one shot
Why I'm in this place
Just a chance that our love might survive
I`ll give us some space and some time on our own
And hope the old passions revive
I`m sick of despairing and just feeling alone
So this cruise it should keep things alive
I pray I do, I`ve saved these lips for you

CHORUS

Why don't you know, just what you mean to me
Why did you go, why did you set me free
There's a hole in my life where no light gets through
But soon there'll begin a new day
You know it's true, I`ve saved these lips for you

Now it's a fact, that I gave you my heart
Now I'm falling apart at the seams
I want you back, I want you back for a start
I want you back 'cos you're part of my dreams
And if the only way I can get you to stay
And to make you hear my screams
Is to sail all blue, coz I've saved these lips for you

REPEAT CHORUS

We're an ocean apart, and the wind blows hard
And the current it drags me away
And though we're thru', I've saved these lips for you

© JON BATE 1997