Leather (Live) [Montreux 1991]

[Intro]

"I played this song for somebody, um... a few years ago. Played the piano all my life and, um, I just stopped playing one day. I couldn't play anymore. And, um, why? That's... we'll go out to dinner, talk about it. But, um, anyway, so, I stopped playing and this is one of the first songs I wrote to play again and, um, I played it for a record man. And, uh, he said, 'If you play this song, you have no career.' So I'm playing it."

[Verse 1]

Look, I'm standing naked before you

Don't you want more than my sex?

I can scream as loud as your last one

But I can't claim innocence

[Chorus]

Oh God, could it be the weather?

Oh God, why am I here?

If love isn't forever

And it's not the weather

Hand me my leather

[Verse 2]

I could just pretend that you love me

The night would lose all sense of fear

But why do I need you to love me

When you can't hold what I hold dear?

[Chorus]

Oh God, could it be the weather?

Oh God, why am I here?

If love isn't forever

And it's not the weather

Hand me my leather

[Interlude]

[Verse 3]

I almost ran over an angel

He had a nice big fat cigar

"In a sense," he said, "you're alone here

So if you jump, you best jump far"

[Chorus]

Oh God, could it be the weather?

Oh God, why am I here?

If love isn't forever

And it's not the weather

Ah, oh God, could it be the weather?

Oh God, it's all very clear

If love isn't forever

And it's not the weather

Hand me my leather