I can't find the words on my usual RT site (Henry the Human Fly Caught in the Web has lyrics to almost every Thompson song...). It seems this was written as part of a movie soundtrack for an Aussie film called "Sweet Talker". I have a live recording of Thompson and Dave Mattacks singing Persuasion on a fanclub CD called "Celtshmertz" that I was listening to just last night, but I'm not sure I can decipher the lyrics...I'll give it a try, Shambles...

Ooops - found it here

Persuasion
Music: Richard Thompson Lyrics: Tim Finn (of the bands Crowded House and Split Enz)

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PERSUASION
(Richard Thompson, Tim Finn)

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
After all the foolish things that we've been through
I will always be a man who's open to
Persuasion

Blind romance
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
After all the foolish things that we've been through
I could always make a start on something new
And I'll always be a man who's open to
Persuasion

And it's written in the my heart
So that everybody could see it
And it's written in my soul
After all I still believe it
I still believe it
I still believe it
I still believe

I don't know what to do
'Cos I still believe
After all the foolish things you put me through
I could always make a start with something new
And I'll always be a man who's open to
Persuasion