We Love Life

The feel of my arm around your waist, the pale blue nightdress that you wore. Your hair in braids, your sailor top: the things I don't see anymore. You lost your suitcase in my hotel room, a subway token from your Ma. The sun reflecting off the water

Here comes your bedtime story: mum & dad have sentenced you to life. Don't think twice; it's the only reason I'm alive. I feel alright as long as I don't forget to breathe. Breathe in, breathe in, breathe out. Look at all these buildings & houses

I used to hate the sun because it shone on everything I'd done. Made me feel that all that I had done was overfill the ashtray of my life. All my achievements in days of yore range from pathetic to piss-poor, but all that's gonna change. Because here

I took an air-rifle, shot a magpie to the ground and it died without a sound Your skin so pale against the fallen autumn leaves and no-one saw us but the trees Yeah, the trees, those useless trees produce the air that I am breathing Yeah, the trees,

We came across the North Sea with our carriers on our knees Wound up in some holding camp somewhere outside Leeds. Because we do not care to fight,my friends-we are the weeds. Because we got no homes they call us smelly refugees. Ah. We are weeds,veg

t's six o'clock, the birds are singing. I'm wide awake whilst you're still fast asleep. I went outside, into your garden. The sun was bright & the air was cool And as I stood there listening Well the birds in your garden they all started singing this

The word's on the street: you've found someone new. If he looks nothing like me I'm so happy for you. I heard an old girlfriend has turned to the church - she's trying to replace me, but it'll never work. 'Cos every touch reminds you of just how swee