If It Takes All Night - Horslips

I was only a passerby, I couldn’t get involved\nBut you seemed so lost, so off your course\nI ran to help you, when you called\nYou were only a little child\nA face behind the wall\nYou were compromised, not worldly wise\nYou saw and heard, you felt it all\nBut it’s love we’re talking about, and I can see\nIf it takes all night\nI’m going to love you, and make it right\nYou lost your heart, when you found your way to\nThe neon side of town now it’s no surprise, to realise\nThe friends you made have let you down\nThey turned your head, with the things they said\nThey blinded you with lies\nBut you can’t erase the smiling face\nThe glamour hid, behind the eyes