He got her drunk quickly Holding hands, they the broom-cupboard Where he had as far as the fall his hand covered wet hair She took over furniture wax Dust, and the yellow of polishing-cloth When he was sick, she him
Oh hush, my friend, and And cuddle to the Sleep on the waves may wet your lover's dream
We have been far through this night long We go far, tomorrow, out of sight, ooh...
He do it properly The disco, the office, the pub, Had left out those of delight. Satisfied, he would out, Puzzled at why she squirmed, Held onto him, tears curling her mouth This was something their stories always That her joy would like pain he focused after his release.
Do sand and shells and Peep in through your But you not be hurt For all will with time.
We been far through this night long hours We go far, tomorrow, out of sight, ooh...
In the week of the relationship She was tripping on organic Would stop to pick up a rained-out Would it tenderly into his hand Full of dead things before they the car
When they she sat with mouth open As photographed on the impact of a stomach punch Her right gripping the skin of his left leg
Hooking the closer to his heart He feared her, and slapped out sideways her face She entered the cut with her Gurgling gratitude for the strange
Do you the dark? hush, and realise That the angels never come Prayers can your mind
We have been far through this night hour We go far, tomorrow, out of sight, ooh...
There was no premonition of the wet Back The sportscar slumped, snout a beech Their corpses the vehicle arms Petrol and blood at last dripping But quick flashes of a lunch red beef, white cloth by a cherrywood fire Game pie, and for him two pints of colder The air tucking under their eyelids As spun on the gravel at Clandon Their hands steaming from moisture The finger drawn up to his nostril Dazed after mutual They zigzagged into a end
Oh hush, my friend,