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For Your Eyes Only

from Shelby by The Folk Ups

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For your eyes only
There's stars in the sky
When you go to bed
They too close their eyes

For your ears only
The sweet song of summer
Silent the land
That misses you so

I'd ask the sparrow to remind me how I could sing
But it was too late too soon and you were going away
So I say real nice to the ocean we laid by
Did you feel what I feel, or do these memories lie?
He said “I'm sorry friend but all an ocean knows
Is that people in life they come and they go.”
And all you asked for was a song

For your love only
Light lets out the colours
For those who don't know you
Live in black and white

For me with you only
Time goes somewhere else
Not a moment passes
For hours with you

Never was one to eavesdrop or spy
But this was a special case, so I tried
I laid my head down on the pillow where you used to dream
And I thought real hard “Hey, what'd you see?”
She said “Every time she would lay down to sleep
She would think of you but that's for you to keep.”
And all you asked for was a song

Always remember
That it's all for you
Everything that you see
Everything that we do

All that we ask
Is for you to smile
If you forget
Only be for a while

Sick and tired of all my excuses, I turn to our home and say
“What's the use of this?” And quite to my surprise, the home replied
“Home is the skin that you can't outgrow and there's no road she can't turn back you'll know”
And I say “What the hell does that mean?”
And I see her comin' up the drive way
See her, come in close
It's finally over
She's finally here
Here's your song

For your eyes only
For your ears only
For your love only
For me with you

For your eyes only
For your ears only
For your love only
For me with you

For your eyes only
For your ears only
For your love only
For me with you

For your eyes only
For your ears only
For your love only
For me with you

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from Shelby, released August 14, 2017
The Lantau Singers (Choir)

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The Folk Ups Hong Kong

Without frills, without fancy equipment, The Folk Ups is an indie-folk duo formed in Hong Kong.
The pair's stripped-down sound reaches back to timeless ideas, and brings them into a modern scene.

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