I ASKED THE MAN
TO STEP ASIDE
BUT HE PUSHED ME DOWN MY OWN
GRAVEL
DRIVE
LEAVING ONE MAN HIGH AND WILTED
I TIP TOED BACK ON TILTED TEARS
THEY STREAK MY FACE IN HARSH CAREERS
OF LEARNING
i CANT BELIEVE SO MANY THINGS
IN FEMALE FORM BRINGS SINKING RINGS
OF RIPPLED WINGS
WITHOUT LOVE

I CANT BELIEVE HOW HE MOVES IN YOU
CANT BELIEVE
THAT YOU PUT ME  THROUGH
AFTER MANY YEARS MY LOVE ACCRU
I COUNTED THE MOMENTS
AS I WANTED TO
EVERY ONE A PRECIOUS MINUTE
AND THEN
I SAW YOU WALK
DOWN THE ROYAL MILE
I SAW HIS LAUGH PAINT ON YOUR SMILE
AND YOU LEFT ME COLD AND TWISTED

I SUNG A SONG
I LEARNED FROM YOU
BUT THE NOTES BROUGHT PAIN
LIKE MISSING YOU
SO I DOWNED ANOTHER
AND LIVED A HAZY HOUR

THE ALCOHOL BIT MY REASON HARD
BROUGHT VIOLENCE IN THE FLUTE
GLASS SHARD
AND I STAGGERED SOUTH
IN THE LIGHTS OF CARS

EVERY DRIVER WANTING TO REMOVE ME

BUT OBLIVIOUS
THEY KNOW THAT PAIN
IN THER OWN WORLDS LOSS
ITS JUST THE SAME
SO WHATS THE POINT
OF SHARING WITH THEM

THEY ASK ME TO REST MY LEGS
TO STABILISE AMONGST THE DREGS
AND I SOMETIMES FELT FLASHES
OF CONTENTMENT
FOR IN THE ALLEYWAYS I FOUND MYSELF
WITH DRUNKEN COMICS
AND THE OFF THE SHELFS
SEEMS LIKE WE ALL SHARE SOMETHING DON’T WE

ALL MISSING YOU
ALL TORN APART
ALL HOPEFUL FROM THE VERY START
THAT CLARITY WOULD COME FROM BOTTLE
BUT ALAS THE LIE AND LIVER FRY
THE FISH TALE WHIP
OF THE GUILTY DRIVE
TOO LATE TO CHANGE MISTAKES
NOW I GUESS SO
SO ILL LEAVE YOU WITH
THE SOBER THOUGHT
THAT IF ONE THING HERE
IS EVER TAUGHT
ITS HOLD TO SOMEONE WHEN YOU CAN DO
FOR ONE DAY PASS
THEY MAY NOT BE  THERE
YOU MAY SIT UPON HER EMPTY CHAIR
AND WATCH THE HOUR EBB AWAY
AND IF THAT’S CASE
YOULL BE JOINING ME
ON MY LONELY RAFT
OF MY SODDEN SEA
SINGING SONGS I LEARNED WITH YOU