Dressed in Black
- Geoffrey Clarfield
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Words and Music © 2024 by Geoffrey Clarfield
Written in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Dressed in Black
Switch on sunshine
Turn off the rain
Write me a letter baby
That says you'll see me again
No false pretension
No more backing off
Now that we're together, babe
I don't wanna stop
Cause I don't want to see you
Dressed in black
Cause you are the only one
That ever held me back
Tell me that you love me
Tell me for sure
Say you care for me baby
Like you did once before
I met her in a harbor town
I caught her face when the sun went down
I saw her from the dockyard pier
Now why is such a fine girl here?
Can't recall a word she said
The way she smiled and moved her head
She offered me a velvet glove
I thought that we were fallin' in love
Cause I don't want to see you
Dressed in black
Cause you are the only one
That ever held me back
Tell me that you love me
Tell me for sure
Say you care for me baby
Like you did once before
You once told me
That our love was blind
If that's how you see it, babe
It suits me fine
Took a stroll on the boardwalk
Drank some wine and then we talked
Some time in December
I can't quite remember
Cause I don't want to see you
Dressed in black
Cause you are the only one
That ever held me back
Tell me that you love me
Tell me for sure
Say you care for me baby
Like you did once before