There were shadows in the doorway As he drove off down the street Trembling hands but still she smiled Departure is always bittersweet In a room full of hand me downs With a floorboard that always creaks It's his name on all the bills The only one who knows the shower leaks He's feeling like a king Got a place to call home He's standing on his feet He's on his own He asked her where she'd been She had prepared her defence He sat and listened patiently To be showered with pretence The doubts that he has held Will weigh on him no more He's immune to her apologies He has heard them all before She played him for a fool All the tricks he should have known He won't fall for that again (Next time) She's on her own falling subdued: A love song request haunts the night The road's awash with silver rain Taxis don't stop The lights all stay green Wipers smear the neon again and again surging again: (But) in the daylight it's all the same And nothing's as tragic as that There's a blue sky up above Look hard there is beauty all around You can steal one more smile Just one glimpse to break your heart But when you want to hold it all You're on your own
© David Gilliver 1997