written by Richard Thompson and Timm Finn Intro: You and I, tempted by the promise of a different life Time has fled, there's a constant battle Running through my head I don't know what to do 'cos I still believe Chorus After all the foolish things you put me through I could always make a start on something new And I've always been a man who's open to Pers -uas -ion intro Blind ro - mance, there'll be no half measures given half a chance But we never learn, trusting in the fire while the cruel flame burns And we need to rebuild what was never there What got left behind Chorus And it's written in my heart so that everybody can see it And it's written in my soul, after all I still believe it I still believe it, X4 Chorus Persuasion, x4 I still believe it I still believe it persuasion I still believe it, still believe it I still believe it persuasion, persuasion