For All These Years Lyrics

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                             FOR ALL THESE YEARS
                                Tanita Tikaram
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      I got a scent on you, I got something here to show
      It's somebody's slice of life
      I had it tailor made, I had it soaken, shaken and shown around the world
      And for all these things you tell me, well
      I can't quite believe
      You are still there and I'm still trying to be somebody

      Always on the upkeep, always trying to reach the rest of us
      We don't have anything to say, nothing to give
      Well, life it blows away
      I have another chance, I may have two lives
      But my both lives will be brief lives
      And then, you all will wonder why

      I was nearly 16 years old
      You were only 17, life isn't so complicated
      But then life isn't supposed to be
      For all these years
      For all these years

      Could somebody tell them
      To hurry on, hurry on down
      Would somebody tell them to hurry on, hurry on down

      Every censor, everybody loses their way
      I have a wealth of material, I have a well of people to share with you

      Every lover
      Well they all tell us
      Yes, I have his wife in the background
      But I have more than this, I have more than this
      And if Mr. Chaste, he has a past
      Give it to me

      I was nearly 16 years old
      You were only 17, life isn't so complicated
      But then life isn't supposed to be
      For all these years
      For all these years