My Skin As Your Blanket

(on both the Rock&B album "The Crush", and on the R&B album, "Mutual")

verse 1:
when you look
at my fingers
tell me ... what do you see?

do you see the hands that will grasp you till the end?
do you see the loving embrace
of a lover and friend?
or do you only see the holding
empty promises and dreams?
but oh girl, you ought to know
that that's not what their trembling means ...

i yearn at day
and work long at night
and pray to God each second
with every bit of my might
that i can somehow give you all
you would ever want or have to have
and eliminate all of the pain
the crush of this world brings on you
and return to making you laugh ...

chorus:
my skin as your blanket is all we need
to keep us strong indeed
and if you'd keep me in
i swear to you, i'd die
to always keep you warm
and safe from all the storms
don't listen to the weatherman
he just don't know a damn
and don't worry 'bout a thing, for time
has a way of making even a day that's grey
turn blue with
the gentle rain of you ...

verse 2:
as we lie
under the twilight
shining down
on all the things
i know we could be

don't turn your face away
let it glow
don't shut our curtains and our shades
and blind our window
just because we have our arguments
doesn't mean i just don't care
you are my star, my shining star
the one page in my book
i couldn't bear to tear ...

chorus:
my skin as your blanket is all we need
to keep us strong indeed
and if you'd keep me in
i swear to you, i'd die
to always keep you warm
and safe from all the storms
don't listen to the weatherman
he just don't know a damn
and don't worry 'bout a thing, for time
has a way of making even a day that's grey
turn blue with
the gentle rain of you ...

and as we weigh our options, which is worse?
to struggle or not to try?
you're allowed to act a little crazy
i'm allowed to hold my head and cry
in this world, there's only right and wrong
but what about the give and take?
we're so silly when we quarrel
let's start the night again
with the love that only we could make ...

chorus:
my skin as your blanket is all we need
to keep us strong indeed
and if you'd keep me in
i swear to you, i'd die
to always keep you warm
and safe from all the storms
don't listen to the weatherman
he just don't know a damn
and don't worry 'bout a thing, for time
has a way of making even a day that's grey
turn blue with
the gentle rain ...

my skin as your blanket is all we need
to keep us strong indeed (oh, baby it'd hurt so bad)
and if you'd keep me in (if you don't come back)
i swear to you, i'd die (to bed with me, girl)
to always keep you warm (it's alright)
and safe from all the storms (come back home)
don't listen to the weatherman (yeah, that feels good)
he just don't know a damn
and don't worry 'bout a thing, for time
has a way of making even a day that's grey
turn blue with
the gentle rain of you ...
yeah.

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