Two dozen other dirty lovers
Must be a sucker for it
Cry, cry but I don’t need my mother
Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on it
Sooner or later
Your legs give way, you hit the ground
Save it for later
Don’t run away and let me down
Sooner or later
You’ll hit the deck, you’ll get found out
Save it for later
Don’t run away and let me down, you let me down
Black air and seven seas all rotten through
But what can you do?
I don’t know how I’m meant to act with all of you lot
Sometimes I don’t try
I just now now now now now now now now now now now
Now now now now now now now now now now now
Sooner or later
Your legs give way, you hit the ground
Save it for later
Don’t run away and let me down
Sooner or later
You’ll hit the deck, you’ll get found out
Save it for later
Don’t run away and let me down, you let me down
You runaway, runaway, and let me down
Two dozen other stupid reasons
Why we should suffer for this
Don’t bother trying to explain them
Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on it
Sooner or later
Your legs give way, you hit the ground
Save it for later
Don’t run away and let me down
Sooner or later
You’ll hit the deck you’ll get found out
Save it for later
Don’t runaway and let me down, you let me down
You run away, run away, run away, run away, run away, run away
And let me down
- Origin: The song was written by Dave Wakeling when he was a teenager, before The Beat (The English Beat) officially started. It reflects the transition from adolescence to adulthood, the struggle to find one’s place in the world, and the realization that life isn’t as simple as it seemed during teenage years.
- Unique Tuning: “Save It For Later” features a unique tuning, which was accidentally achieved.
- Salacious Subtext: Listeners often find hidden meanings in songs, but in this case, the hook line (“save it – comma – for later – F-E-double L-A-T-O-R”) was originally intended as a dirty joke, lasting for decades1.
