but i think i know the score

too much wine and we’re thick as thieves

you steal mine and i steal yours

so let’s take a train to the sea

and drink bottled beer by the beach

just the seagulls, salt, you and me

make believe

we are free

It’s not like you could find the time

but i know you’ve found the thoughts

locked away in that rock pool brain 

where those fishes can’t be caught

so let’s take a train to coast

and write postcards we’ll never post

and catch a breeze till we float

make believe 

we are ghosts

and see what we could find

and this real life you could leave behind

and just for a day we could run away and hide

It’s not like you’re a friend of mine

My First Love

woke up in the garden shed

curled up on a make-shift bed

our fingers and toes intwined

three drinks and we lost track of the time

you said you would never leave

carved promises into apple trees

for me

but I’m ruthless I’m a fool

I think I left my heart at school

my first love would have saved the people

my first would have parted seas

my first love would have sailed to china 

and back again for me

my first love was a fearless soldier

my first love would have won hands down

but he’s back there with a wife and children

back in my home town

we’d wander about for hours

brave winter and april showers

broke curfews and house-hold rules

I’d climb walls in a party dress for you

I knew you would never leave

you wore crosses and hearts upon your sleeve

but I’m ruthless I’m a fool

I left you standing there at school

my first love would have saved the people

my first would have parted seas

my first love would have sailed to china 

and back again for me

my first love had a bow and arrow

my first love would have won hands down

he’ s there a forgotten stranger

back in my home town

and he would call three times

when there were no more words 

and nothing left to say

but I’m ruthless I”m a fool

i think I lost my heart at school

hide and seek my soul to keep

theses games we play we’ve lost our way

we fight and cry we say goodbye

for days gone by

a lullaby