The Drowning of St. Christopher Lyrics

England's dreaming, Winter absentI take my books back, change my accentFirst in the libraryYou queue up behind me, frost-bitten in French mittensTake care on the cornerSliding on w...Read Full Lyrics

Could it be that you drove me into your fleet of hand-melt candy? Could it be that you sent me falling off the roof backwards, gently? Do not let my words depress you, I'm here to ...Read Full Lyrics

I would say I am sorryIf I thought I’d change your mindBut I know this timeI’ve said too muchBeen too unkindI try to laugh about itCover it all up with liesAnd I try to laugh a...Read Full Lyrics

My youth, I could not drag itI could not bring it with, so I ended up withoutThe house was razed, the spark was dowsedThe looks have gone but I soldier onI’m halfway throughI’m...Read Full Lyrics

I'm in my Halloween boat with a hole in my heart the size of a girlPacific postman, 30 West by 50 East on a black sea that joins up countriesMy life is one second slow ' says here ...Read Full Lyrics

I am the sub-librarian, come in on the council bus - Chalk Farm to Highgate Woods, sportsbag of borrowed booksA steady diet of Brautigan, 'Tapestry' on the walkmanParanormal ill-he...Read Full Lyrics

I came to your party dressed as a shadow and you never knew, you never knewI rolled through the halls like a velvet wave, as quiet as an empty stageI blackened your eyes and stole ...Read Full Lyrics

The night is closing inThe clouds are frozen stillThe birds are feathered downThe churches ring the hourWhere once there was a cheer now stands a sorry crowdAcross the frozen lakeB...Read Full Lyrics

I must leave LondonIt is bad for my soulIt’s making a hole that will erode meI cannot subscribeI cannot tow the lineAnd Robert Elms, you’re selectively blindShe shall not miss ...Read Full Lyrics

I have thought about you in your Summer abodeIn your lunatic smock, in chronicle modeThe typewriter smack as you nail in the wordsand the turntable's drunk reflection occursI have ...Read Full Lyrics