Domino

(difford/tilbrook)

I knew that i had drunk too much
I had passed my drink degree
I climbed into my rented car
I was happy as could be
Then i pulled out of the driveway
And the lights began to blur
Within a mile the car was stopped
By a police officer - she said
"did you see the light was red?
Did you see the light at all?"
Then i fell into her open arm
And that's all that i recall
I knew that i had danced before
But it never made the news
Surprised to find my two left feet
In john travolta's shoes
I hogged the space around a girl
I found so full of verve
Then i moved in slowly for the kill
And watched her body swerve,
She said "did you know i'm not impressed
With the way you dance at all"
Then i fell into her open arms
And that's all that i recall

Blacked out and wasted
I had to be persuaded
With my view a little jaded
That i was about to go
Down like a domino

I knew that i had said too much
But tact was not my way
Tears were on her bottom lip
She had nothing more to say except
"did you know this love we have
Has made me feel so small"
Then i fell into her open arms
And that's all that i recall

(difford/tilbrook)

He wants to be glorified
And swallowed in fame
He wants to be a hero
Like kurt cobain
Playing his guitar
With it hung round his knees
The tour bus syndrome
The touring disease
He stands like a soldier
He's ready to charge
The young girls he sleeps with
Are all a mirage
He wants to be wanted
But doesn't know why
Reality curtains
Black out a blue sky

Play on play on and eat up the sun
Pop up to london and soak up the fun
Play on play on with gathering speed
Its saturday night
As the ears start to bleed

He wants to be famous a
And fall when he's young
Climbing up ladders
Without any rungs
Ill in the morning
And wasted all day
Looking demented
With not much to say

He pulls out a woman
From under his bed
Her eyes are like cherries
That spin in her head
If he hits the jackpot
He's in the top ten

(difford/tilbrook)

In the morning
It is raining
And umbrellas block the pavement
In the caf

(difford/tilbrook)

I lost the children
But they can be found
Home in a red house just across town
Sitting in boxes
Of opened up toys
Watching the simpsons
And making some noise
I lost the children
But they're in great hands
When i cook the dinners
Right out of tin cans
I lost the children
And i have to pay
Some heavy duty on life everyday
Cupboards need filling
With deadlines to meet
Here in my cheque book
My fountain pen weeps
I should be thankful
And thankful am i
I went to the cleaners
And came back with my life

For a moment it all looked so grim
It looked like i would not get a thing
For a moment it all looked so sad
But now it's so good to be a dad

I lost the children
They haven't lost me
We're still together and happy to be
Out in the summer
On beaches in parks
Home in the winter and up with the larks
I should be thankful
And thankful am i
I went to the cleaners
And came back with my life

From pushchairs to games of football
My back was against every wall
For a moment it all looked so sad
But now it's so good to be a dad

For a moment it all looked so grim
It looked like i would not get a thing
For a moment it all looked so sad
But now it's so good to be a dad

I lost the children
They haven't lost me

(difford/tilbrook)

She moved from clapham
And didn't look back
Her life was changed in an instant
The van was filled up
And tied to the rack
Her home that now seemed so distant
Kissing goodbye
To her friends on the stairs
She felt a loss deep within her
Sat in the front seat with stuff everywhere
The neighbours said they would ring her
They moved to the sea front
And loved their new view
Of tides coming in on the shingle
She and her daughter
Found new things to do
At last it was good to be single
And in the summer
The place came alive
Lights on the pier in the evening
The fresh sea air
And could cut with a knife
Such a wonderful feeling

She worked in a pub
Where bands would appear
On a tiny stage in the corner
She watched them load in
With tattered old gear
The place would get like a sauna
London had gone now
Her new life was strong
She found herself a new karma
She fell for a man
Who played with a band
And took her life from it's drama

She moved from clapham
And didn't look back
The past was neatly extinguished
He was much younger
But she lived with that
He struggled hard with his english
She felt his loving
And proudly reclaimed
All of the warmth she'd been lacking
They lay in bed
Looking out at the rain
No more moving or packing

She moved from clapham
And didn't look back
Her life had changed in an instant

(difford/tilbrook)

He raped her with his eyes the minute she walked into the office as she stretched to hang her coat behind the door he beamed a smile so big she could have filled it with helium and flown off acr
He countryside he tried very hard to invite her out for lunch but like most women she could sense the underlying note of danger her instincts kept him at a safe distance and then he made her a c
And the steam rose across her face
It could be you it could be me
We'll have to wait we'll have to see
Its all for sale now that its time
To take a short break

The sensation of safety and the little boy ambition to drive around
Mountain roads makes a woman mad for attention she hides the car keys he turns the place upside down and then looks out the window through the french blinds to see the car off in the distance a
Of country dust feathers the sunlight as she smiles into the windscreen what can he do but wait patiently folding a coin through his fingers

It could be you it could be me
We'll have to wait we'll have to see
It's all for sale now that it's time
To take a short break

There she is again this time with a pair of jeans being pulled slowly up over the curves of her body he plays guitar in the rocking chair these are the jeans of our forefathers these are the jea
The 21st century because this is the new world where television and eye become one as we look down the digital telescope into the future and now its time for a short break

It could be you it could be me
We'll have to wait we'll have to see
Its all for sale now that its time
Its lighter than air
Whiter than white draft in a can
The price is right save as you go
The drive of your life its good to talk
We say hello
We say goodbye deep frozen days
It could be you it could be me
Its all for sale now that its time
To take a short break