Lyrics Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson

Saving The Good Stuff For You

I've seen trouble from every direction

My old head is peppered with grey

I could never resist life's temptations

They just seemed to fall in my way

I've had wives and I treated them badly

And maybe a lover or two

All the time, I didn't know it

I was saving the good stuff for you

I was saving the good stuff for you, darling

Saving the good stuff for you

There was some part of me who knew, darling

To save the good stuff for you

And I even thought on occasion

It was love that was making me blue

Some kind of love, well, I called it love

Maybe fatal attraction will do

Well, I got it all out of my system

My heart it is tested and true

All the time, I didn't know it

I was saving the good stuff for you

I was saving the good stuff for you, darling

Saving the good stuff for you

There was some part of me who knew, darling

To save the good stuff for you

I'm glad that you never did know me

When I was out of control

I was hollow right there in the middle

Some people got sucked in the hole

But I cut myself loose from the old ways

And you're all that I'm clinging to

All the time, I didn't know it

I was saving the good stuff for you

I was saving the good stuff for you, darling

Saving the good stuff for you

There was some part of me who knew, darling

To save the good stuff for you

Well I was saving the good stuff for you