Lyrics

Tea in China McDonnell/Lindley ©2022

If I gave you all the tea China
If I stole the hands off Big Ben
If I brought home the real Mona Lisa
Would you swear our love would never end

I’d steal the brightest jewels
I’d break all the rules
I’d do anything I could
Just to win your love

Silly man, forget the stolen paintings
Silly man, those jewels are not for me
Silly man, I don’t care bout flowery language
And what on earth would I do with all that tea

Don’t want to be your better half
Make me think, make me laugh
There is nothing in this world
That can buy this woman ‘s love, oh

But if I wrote in line and verse the way you move me
If I used every synonym for love
Or if swore we’d find the happy ending
Would you know what my heart’s made of

I’d sing the sweetest song
Confess when I am wrong
I’d do anything I could
Just to win your love, oh

If you want to be the man who loves me
Take the time to find out who I am
I am not just a girl in a folk song
I’m a woman of flesh and bone where I stand

Just listen when I speak
Dry my tears when I weep
There is nothing in this world
Nothing here at all
That can buy this woman ‘s love