Make Me an Island [Original 1969 Recording]
ALBERT HAMMOND, MIKE HAZLEWOOD
Different eyes, different sighs, different girls every day,
Different names, different games took my breath clean away.
But I'm changed, rearranged, I'm enlightened and how,
you have caught me, you have taught me and I'm different now.
Take me and break me and close all your windows and doors.
Shut me off, cut me off, make me an island, I'm yours.
Take me away from the world, take me away from the girls.
Take me and break me and make me an island, I'm yours.
Running round, shifting ground, that's the life I have seen.
But I'm tired, uninspired and I've wiped my slate clean.
You are mine, I am yours if the Lord will allow.
You have caught me, you have taught me and I'm different now.
Take me and break me and...