Can I be with you forever?
Can I hold you an eternity?
Can I kiss you,
Caress you,
For a lifetime or two?
Can I be with you?

You were standing in the hallway
All by yourself
Did you come to meet someone?
I was afraid you would move
When you looked you saw me staring
But you didn't make me wrong
And for a moment I thought I'd
never move on.

And he who hesitates
will surely fall.
And chances - if you wait,
are none at all.
You had me falling.
You had me.

Can I be with you forever..?

Last night I saw
an old greyhaired dog
running down the road
He had a trail
from a hundred miles
in his dustry coat

I thought he looked like a friend of mine
who's got this gypsy bone

Everywhere he goes
he can't wait to leave
Everyone he knows
he can't wait to see
Oh, what will become of him?

Last night I saw
an aeroplane
slide across the starry sky
He looked so free
so allowed to be
I thought I heard my spirit sigh

And then I knew what I fool I was
for what I always say:
Everyone I know
I can't wait to see
Everywhere I go
I can't wait to leave
Oh, what will become of me?
Oh, what will become of me?

And so you understand
There's a change in the plans
you are leaving.
The girl you had in mind
will be just compensated in time.

Don't call anyone
You know the rules:
Passion is for stangers
and dying for fools,
just give it away
Just give it away
Just give it away.

You'll walk to St. Germain
where you'll meet with a redheaded woman
She'll ask you for a light
and you'll say that you gave it away.
Don't look around you
She'll understand
Walk to her appartment,
make love if you can,
just give it away,
Just give it away,
Just give it away.