- A Shell Across the Tongue
A SHELL ACROSS THE TONGUE
her hands clasped round my collar,
she threatens me. says
‘i remember who you used to be.’
i don’t deal with feeling comfortable.
he scraped a shell across my tongue
to let the boy know he’d done wrong.
‘wrong again’ he says and
- Bar Chat
The night got late
Moning signs through the window's showing
My car's arrived, I'd take you there
But it's not where I'm going
Someone said you somehow knew all my friends
But I don't wanna know
Don't go round telling everyone in town
- Cruel Ways
There's an alternate meaning behind the words you spoke
I can hear that now
Well I know he wants you back but I don't wanna let you go
Can you feel that?
It's tight enough to choke
How could you say a thing like that?
How could you say a thing like that?
- Let Me Finish
I'd carve along the avenue,
Retracing steps that we once took.
And here I am looking on the sun,
What else must remind me of you at some extent
But I know it was bad to see you but I let it slip,
I let it slip.
- long hair
LONG HAIR
Barely nineteen, I see you every night
whispering ‘Between us girls,
I don’t think of him that often anymore.
All the girls had long hair,
All the boys had long hair,
and you were missing out.
Once a week I’ll keep an evening free for you.
- Luv, Hold Me Down
In a simple skirt you caused a ricochet
Of courting boys who watched you walk away
But I don't live my life like you do
No, I don't live my life like you do
So hold me down and never let me go
A schoolboy grin that only goes to show
That I could never have such control
- Pure Pleasure
It hurts like hell but I'd given myself to thinking
You'd settle down
But I was holding my eyes and blinking
And I almost choked when you offered me a smoke on your cigarette
Dry your eyes,
This is only the first death
Well, it took me by surprise when you held me to your chest
- unzip your harrington
Trouble for a friend of mine
It's not fair he made you go to school
Let's tear up the list tonight
Of all the things your scared to tell your father
I'm gonna hang around
Long enough to be part of the furniture
Oh boy you look so suave
- Watch You Change
Talk about how's life so great for a change,
You're normally so down
You wanna come round again?
Such a shame last time you left so soon
I tried showing up heavily armed with light relief
Tried to represent all the things I believed
That you were after
- You've Got It All Wrong
YOU'VE GOT IT WRONG
In a steamed, wet window of a public house,
I’m using it like a mirror and eyeing myself up.
And somewhere in the corner
he’s telling her a joke
and I had to stick the boot in
because that’s not how it goes.
she’s drinking down his laughter