If You Could See Your Faults - Paul Heaton, Jacqui Abbott

When I wake up in the morning

And you’re laid there, quiet besides

Just the sound of you quietly snoring

Just the sight mouth open wide

It’s that look that gets me through day

When you’re vulnerable and you’re weak

Before I make you your first coffee

I kiss you gently on the cheek

Many women who are weaker

Would not put up with what I’ve got

Many women who are stronger

Find themselves in similar knot

When they look back on my journey

My behaviour and choice of men

I may not be widely respected

More a fool just now and then

Suffragettes sure had some courage

But also have this land’s support

I had simply nobody

Whenever I fell short

As I fold his morning paper

As I put out his best shoes

I often ask myself, 'What's better?'

To be ignored or to be used

And that weakness that I show

I show to no-one else on Earth

And the strength I have to deal with you

That’s been with me since my birth

Short I was of any compliment

Short I was of any hope

Long away I was from happiness

Long in bath I’d like to sew

When they look back on my journey

My behaviour and choice of men

I may not be widely respected

More a fool just now and then

Suffragettes sure had some courage

But also have this land’s support

I had simply nobody

Whenever I fell short

We are both weak and we are strong

We are confident half the time

No-one's free of imperfections

If you could see your faults

Like I see mine

Like I see mine

When they look back on my journey

My behaviour and choice of men

I may not be widely respected

More a fool just now and then

Suffragettes sure had some courage

But also have this land’s support

I had simply nobody

Whenever I fell short

No-one's free of imperfections

If you could see your faults

Like I see mine

Like I see mine