Sam Baardman

Lyrics

Soft Grey Glove* - by Sam Baardman

This is the only song I know
This is the only hunger
This is the only helpless love
This is the only wonder
This is the only soft grey glove
This is the only heart beneath
This is the only thought pinned down
This is the only aching need

This is the only skin that's shed
This is the only faith and creed
This is the only pardon begged
This is the only hopeless dream
This is the only bitter tear
This is the only grieving
This is the only loss and fear
This is the only leaving

This is the only song I know
This is the only hunger
This is the only helpless love
This is the only wonder
This is the only soft grey glove
This is the only heart beneath
This is the only thought pinned down
This is the only aching need

*written after the poem “Soft Grey Glove” by Roo Borson,
in “A Sad Device”, Quadrant Publishers, 1981.