He got her drunk quickly Holding hands, found the broom-cupboard Where he had control as far as the When his hand wet hair She took over among 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 through the That may wet lover's dream
We been far through this night long hours We go far, tomorrow, out of sight, ooh...
He couldn't do it The disco, the office, the pub, Had left out those of delight. Satisfied, he would out, Puzzled at why she squirmed, onto him, tears curling into her mouth This was something their always omitted her joy would seem like pain When he after his release.
Do sand and shells and Peep in your night? But you should not be For all pass with time.
We have been far through night long hours We go far, tomorrow, out of sight, ooh...
In the third of the relationship She was tripping on acid stop to pick up a rained-out leaf Would give it into his hand Full of dead things before reached the car
When they drove she sat with open As though on the impact of a stomach punch Her right gripping the skin of his left leg
Hooking the steering-wheel closer to his He feared her, and slapped out into her face She the cut with her tongue Gurgling gratitude for the strange
Do you fear the Then hush, and That though the angels never Prayers can soothe mind
We have been far this night long hour We go far, tomorrow, out of sight, ooh...
was no premonition of the wet Hog's Back The sportscar slumped, snout a beech corpses giving the vehicle arms Petrol and blood at dripping together But quick flashes of a lunch Cold red beef, white cloth by a fire pie, and for him two pints of colder beer The winter air tucking their eyelids As they on the gravel at Clandon hands steaming from quick moisture The aromatic finger up to his nostril Dazed mutual masturbation They into a conservative end
Oh hush, my friend,