Youth And Art Lyrics

We stood in church at your father’s request the morning after the night beforeWith your bright red nail varnished finger, you pointed across the pages of biblical textYou spoke w...Read Full Lyrics

It buries deeper than you thinkAll the nonsense words you speakThey mean nothing at all to me, all your ideas have gone to sleepI know the part you like to playBut if just once you...Read Full Lyrics

neat trickcornered metotal of bets coming in = zeromountain rangeheads of stonespeaking in skips on the telephonemonoliths of bluewaving hands in front of youthis circus stopped th...Read Full Lyrics

she was the one they turned towhen all else had seemed to failshe was the one who listenedwho gave herself up through it allonly so much someone can takepropping up another’s dre...Read Full Lyrics

I keep falling in love with only-childrenNo kinship rivalry makes for more determinationMore desire, more drive, more infatuationWith me, me, me, me...Spoilt kid, 14-hour state-sid...Read Full Lyrics

Lover lets meetIn the eastern streetsIn the city where the rivers meetI think I know a placeWhere the boys would goas the sun would set and hope the girls would showLets steal away...Read Full Lyrics

So…You were singing to meAll alongI thought soLike ChristmasHymnsin the winter coldI sang alongI sang alongKeep the home fires burningKeep the home fires burningfor me please, ba...Read Full Lyrics

Your making me stupid all over againYour making me forget all over againYour making me act so very strangeYour making me pass on all of the blameI don’t mind the guesswork in my ...Read Full Lyrics

This is why people leave these things aloneThis is why people left it a secret for so longThis is how people used to see the starsHanging around with spirit guidesI’ve been watch...Read Full Lyrics

The currency of boyish good looks has run its course for the time beingDon’t waste your money on artefacts on sale at the local museumDeals you made and promises broke – the co...Read Full Lyrics