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Tell Me You Love Me

from THE FULL ENGLISH by JUDGE SMITH

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An earlier version of this song can be heard on The Judge Smith album 'Dome of Discovery, also available on Bandcamp.

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TELL ME YOU LOVE ME

And though
We know
Exactly what we want to say.
The words
When they emerge
Don’t quite come out that way.
The language circuit doesn’t work too good,
No wonder we all think that we’re misunderstood.

So tell me you love me
But tell me again in French,
Now in a Welsh accent.
Say it in Maggie Smith’s voice
Then say it like Judi Dench,
Tell me you love me.

And then
Just when
Our message should have hit the mark,
I fear
It’s all too clear
We’ve left them in the dark
The thing that’s said is not the thing that’s heard,
That’s the trouble with the spoken word.

So tell me you love me
But tell me again in Dutch,
Shout it in Swedish,
Whisper it in Norwegian,
I like that one very much,
Tell me you love me.

Plug in your Modem,
Select your transmit mode,
Give us a handshake.
Tell me in Fortran, tell me in Basic,
Tell me in Binary Code,
Tell me you love me.

And on
The words have gone
All meaning long since lost.
Yes Squire,
We’ve got our wires
Spectacularly crossed.
It read ‘Send reinforcements, we’re going to advance’.
You said ‘Send three-and-fourpence, we’re going to a dance’.

So tell me you love me
But tell me again in Greek,
Ancient or Modern,
Demotiki or Katharevousa,
I don’t care which one you speak,
Just tell me you love me.

Tell me in Chinese
And while we still have the chance,
Talk in Tibetan.
Say it in Zulu, say it in Xhosa,
Say it in Afrikaans,
Tell me you love me.

Buzz me in Morse Code,
Flash me in Heliograph,
Flag me a signal.
Will you try it in Esperanto
If I promise not to laugh?
Tell me you love me.

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from THE FULL ENGLISH, released May 1, 2020

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JUDGE SMITH Glastonbury, UK

Judge Smith co-founded the band Van der Graaf Generator in 1967 with Peter Hammill, & has since been involved in many music projects as writer, composer or performer. He has written stage musicals, classical & rock libretti, songs for television & a book on Life after Death; directed a prize-winning short film, & released fourteen CDs & two DVDs. He was born in 1948 & lives near Glastonbury, UK. ... more

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