Colin Hay - Maggie lyrics

When I first set eyes on you

first you beat me up

then you kissed me too

we’d throw stones into the sea

there were no others there

just you and me

across the bridge and down the lane

I knew I loved you then

you said you did the same

Oh Maggie, what have you done?

I should have seen it coming

into your sight I’d run

oh Maggie, come to me tonight

I will wait up for you

make sure you’re alright

I miss you

You taught me how to sink or swim

when I was scared that day

you just pushed me in

and when nobody was around

you let me kiss you then

there the love I found

I said I’d never let you go

you just smiled at me

how was I to know?

Oh, Maggie, what am I to do?

How I can live with only memories of you?

Oh, Maggie, tell me the truth

when your ship was sinking

did you think it through?

I miss you

You were the fountain of my youth

and when I fumbled

you showed me what to do

and when we were both seventeen

you left me standing there

but you were never mean

and when I saw you out with him

he looked much older

and you looked very thin

I hadn’t heard from you in years

and then your mama called

she couldn’t speak for tears

she said you left me a note

inside my pocket burns

with these words you wrote

Hey darling boy, don’t you cry for me

I am forever yours

now that I am free

we’ll be together

throw stones into the sea

they’ll be no others there

just you and me

I miss you

Maggie’s gone

I think you came the other night

you stroked my brow

your eyes were full of light

may have only been a dream

but I would walk with you

to places I never have been

Maggie’s gone