Say goodbye to freedom

Kiss the life you held away

And the storyboard you locked up

Filming starts today

 

She decided after fifteen years that his drinking didn’t suit her

Said goodbye, said good luck, said good that you’ve gone

When he rolled off the roof in a stupor

Packed the kids up in the car

Dropped them at her mothers

Spent the weekend in bed

With her fifteen different lovers

 

And a waterfall in Africa

Now that I’d like to see

Are you with me so far?

Are you following me?

 

Convinced herself that she’d lost the weight

Enough to buy the dress

Then she cut her hair and fixed up her face

In the way that suited her the best

Took a job inside the refuge

And a place inside the town

Then she poured water on the flowers

That she’d hidden underground

 

Said hello to freedom

Kissed the life she’d held away

And the storyboard she’d locked up

Filming starts today

 

And the ocean bed in sharp relief

Now that I’d like to see

Are you with me so far?

Are you following me?