All the time we had invested In the life that we built here I knew nothing but the ache of love I never felt the fear I remember all the fumbling All the rumours at the start And anything she wanted I was her jack of hearts So we set up house together With a brand new coat of paint Now the flowers need replacing A hinge has fallen off the gate Laying there this morning With that silence all around I didn't want to open my eyes (I didn't want) To see that she was gone Each step that I take Seems so strange all alone Each voice that calls my name Sounds so much like her own As the sky turns dark There is nothing more to see Here beneath these stormclouds They have come to rain on me In a puddle I see my face I'm always looking out of place And I've always stayed too long Now I'm the joker And she's gone So here I stand babbling and getting bleak It's funny but it's not how I used to think
© David Gilliver 1998