I often think about the nights
The times before I learnt that all my days have got a number
Chasing all the girls up Lilyhill, bare-chested in the rain
The green and white on a Saturday,
Birling through the turnstiles, singing all the way down Easter Road
Would you forgive me, what do you say, Edina?
Would you forgive me?
'Cause I'm still listening for the van,
Counting change from out my pocket for an ice-cream from the man
I'm skinnin' all my knees,
Running from the polis, hide and seek along Great Junction Street
I always felt this awful shame,
Coming from a scheme, and I never took my education, so
Would you forgive me, what do you say, Edina?
Would you forgive me?
'Cause I will never grow, no,
Never will I grow so old again, I know, I know
And everywhere I've been,
Everywhere I go I hold your sorrow in my bones
And even though I said,
Even though I swore I'm never coming home again, I know
Would you forgive me, what do you say, Edina?
Would you forgive me?
Would you forgive me, what do you say, Edina?
Would you forgive me?
'Cause I am whistling in the dark,
I've been trying to hold a candle,
I've been trying to change my feelings
I've been crying in my sleep and when she wakes
To give me comfort I say I can't recall my sorrow
'Cause I hold you to my breast,
And I've been keeping all your secrets,
Maybe one day you will release me, so
Would you forgive me, what do you say, Edina?
Would you forgive me?
'Cause I will never grow, no,
Never will I grow so old again, I know, I know, I know
And everywhere I've been,
Everywhere I go I hold your sorrow in my bones
And even though I swore,
Even though I swore I'm never never never coming home, I know
Would you forgive me, what do you say, Edina?
Would you forgive me?