You Wear It Well-Rod Stewart

[00:00.00]Written：Rod Stewart/Martin Quittenton [00:25.89]I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon [00:30.18]but to settle down and write you a line [00:33.42]I've been meaning to phone you but from Minnesota [00:37.86]hell it's been a very long time [00:40.50]You wear it well [00:41.49]A little old fashioned but that's all right [00:49.32]Well I suppose you're thinking I bet he's sinking [00:53.58]or he wouldn't get in touch with me [00:57.27]Oh I ain't begging or losing my head [01:01.29]I sure do want you to know that you wear it well [01:07.02]There ain't a lady in the land so fine [01:12.51]Remember them basement parties, your brother's karate [01:17.22]the all day rock and roll shows [01:20.70]Them homesick blues and radical views [01:24.87]haven't left a mark on you, you wear it well [01:30.33]A little out of time but I don't mind [01:35.64]But I ain't forgetting that you were once mine [01:39.84]but I blew it without even tryin' [01:43.71]Now I'm eatin' my heart out [01:46.44]tryin' to get a letter through [02:05.91]Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on [02:11.04]I'm gonna write about the birthday gown that I bought in town [02:16.05]when you sat down and cried on the stairs [02:19.14]You knew it did not cost the earth, but for what it's worth [02:23.82]You made me feel a millionaire and you wear it well [02:29.58]Madame Onassis got nothing on you [02:34.95]Anyway, my coffee's cold and I'm getting told [02:39.63]that I gotta get back to work [02:43.11]So when the sun goes low and you're home all alone [02:47.43]think of me and try not to laugh and I wear it well [02:53.01]I don't object if you call collect [02:56.34]'cos I ain't forgetting that you were once mine [03:02.58]but I blew it without even tryin' [03:06.39]Now I'm eatin' my heart out tryin' to get back to you [03:50.46]After all the years I hope it's the same address [04:03.45]Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on