Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things lyrics

Oh will you never let me be?
Oh will you never set me free?
The ties that bound us, are still around us
There's no escape that I can see
And still those little things remain
That bring me happiness or pain
A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places

And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumbling words that told you
What my heart meant

A fairground's painted swings
These foolish things remind me of you
You came, you saw, you conquered me
When you did that to me
I somehow knew that this had to be



The winds of March that make
My heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who's to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you

Gardenia perfume ling'ring on a pillow
Wild strawberries only seven francs a kilo
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you

The park at evening when the bell has sounded
The pier d'France with all
The gulls around it
The beauty that is spring
These foolish things remind me of you

I know, that this, was bound to be
These things have haunted me
For you've entirely enchanted me
The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations
Silk stockings thrown aside
Dance invitations

Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you
First daffodils, and long excited cables
And candle lights on little corner tables

And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
The smile of Garbo and the scent of roses
The waiters whistling as the last bar closes

The song that Crosby sings
These foolish things remind me of you
How strange, how sweet, to find you still
These things are dear to me
That seem to bring you so near to me

The scent of smould'ring leaves
The wail of steamers
Two lovers on the street
Who walk like dreamers
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you
Just you