Shirley Road

Lyrics

Listen, I've been lawless and if word gets out I'm for it Need a place to disappear in Sauvignon I was arguing the toss with a victim of the times When the thought of your skin made my numbers burn Friday strikes an open chord, she shud-shudders out the door And cuts through the orchard back to Shirley Road It's a place out in the sprawl built with time-resistant walls Where our love is all that's left of that old England now Lately, lately, I've been trying to find Shirley Road Lately, lately, I've been salting the earth. Searching for sirens Back on Shirley Road, it's a place wherе nothing changes A sanctuary for things that had to end Dancing to the dial-up as your dad drеams on the three-piece 'Cos Cremonese-Atalanta's on Show me love and give me more, find her locking toilet doors She ain't no shrinking violet There's a boy on Shirley Road who would like to kick your face in But he's waiting for the fair to come to town Lately, lately, I've been struggling for words. Coming to blows. Killing my time Lately, lately, I've been dreaming of you. There's a river running through my memories of you Lately I came to in your arms taking pills down by the water The trees they seemed to move in different ways Your body and the sky bled a map of purple bruises Leading me to IRL again She whispered 'Are you sure? as I bolted out the door No more lizard brain English Sundays Cos the walls were growing teeth beneath the posters from Athena And time had come to find the blood in us On Shirley Road