Song of the Week - Walking Wounded - Everything But The Girl

I had 5,515 songs in my iTunes library. This is one of them.

Everything But The Girl (aka EBTG) are a British duo which formed in 1982. It consists of Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt. Wikipedia notes that they are also a couple and are now married and have 3 children. Although they have been recording since 1982 and have had a number of successes, they have managed to keep their private life private.

The video is from their 1996 release Walking Wounded. In the video, the first woman and man that are seen clearly are Thron and Watt. I'm only familiar with their early 1990's material which is a mix of acoustic and electronic music, much like this song.



Out amongst the walking wounded, every face on every bus
Is you and me and him and her and nothing can replace the us I knew
Nothing can replace the us I knew

And no, I'm never gonna let you go
And no, I'm never gonna let you go
And now I know I had a choice though you never made it clear to me
I thought you never felt it deeply
Now I'm never gonna let you go
Now I'm never gonna let you go
'Cause I could have loved you forever
I could have loved you forever

What do you want from me?, Are you trying to punish me?
Punish me for loving you, punish me for giving to you
Punish me for nothing I do, punish me for nothing
You punish me for nothing, for nothing

Out amongst the walking wounded, every face on every bus
Is you and me and him and her and nothing can replace the us I knew
Nothing can replace the us I knew

Now I'm never gonna let you go
Now I'm never gonna let you go
And now I know I had a choice though you never made it clear to me
I thought you never felt it deeply
Now I'm never gonna let you go
Now I'm never gonna let you go
'Cause I could have loved you forever
Oh I could have loved you forever
Or I could have left you forever
I could have left you forever

What do you want from me? , Are you trying to punish me?
Punish me for loving you, punish me for giving to you
Punish me for nothing I do, punish me for nothing
You punish me for nothing, for nothing

Out amongst the walking wounded, every face on every bus
Is you and me and him and her and nothing can replace the us I knew
Nothing can replace the us I knew
Out amongst the walking wounded, every face on every train
Is you and me and him and her, some days I think I could go insane
Some days I think I could go insane