When I Write The Book Lyrics - Colin James

Well I can remember 

Like it was only yesterday 

Love was young and foolish 

Like a little child at play 

But oh how love has changed 

I never knew how easily 

Now I'm just a shadow 

Of the boy I used to be 

Yeah yeah 

And when I write the book 

About my love 

It will be about a man 

Who was torn in half 

By his hope and ambition 

Wasted through the years 

The man will be written 

On every page in tears 

When I write, When I write the book 

When I write the book about my love 

When I write the book about my love 

I was a fool to my self 

When I kept on running around 

I've been a little better 

Oh when I tried settling down 

Maybe some magic moment 

You never know but not for long 

But all too soon the magic 

Was in a moment gone 

And when I write the book 

About my love 

It will be a heart breaking story 

About love and luck 

And when I get down on the pages 

All I have felt 

It will make the hardest heart of the critics heart melt 

When I write, When I write the book 

When I write the book about my love 

When I write the book about my love 

When I was young love was fun 

I was so happy 

I looked so good 

And I dressed so happy 

Two tone shoes on my feet 

Big old smile on my face 

As I moved, moved, grooved 

All over the place 

Now I'm down on my luck 

And my complexion is bad 

Because my love love life 

Is sadder than sad 

And when I write the book 

About my love 

It will be a hard publication 

Tougher than tough 

When I get down on the pages 

All I've amassed 

It will shoot to the top 

Of the bestsellers list 

When I write, When I write the book 

When I write the book about my love 

When I write the book about my love 

When I write the book 

When I write the book about my love 

When I write the book about my love