15 Years

Lyrics

I never was a violent man Said the man in the bar with his head in his hands Trying his best to understand the cause of his dismay But years of gin have broken him And left him cold where he fitted in It's too late to turn around and find another way And the laughs in the late night lock-in Have faded away when he gets in The girl from fifteen years ago Has packed and gone away That's never how it used to be What happened to all that energy You took too many liberties, and I'm tired of being afraid So after the fight she took flight Hiding swollen eyes and a wounded pride The best years of her life denied, sold for liquid shares And the laughs in the late night lock-in Have faded away when he gets in The girl from fifteen years ago Has packed and gone away The victims of this world, are advertised on posters A beach and a pretty girl, if you just take this potion It's another week 'til his cheque comes through He's got a fiver left now to spend on food But the doors of the bars are open, and he breaks another rule He sits on the stool that bears his name His favourite glass is called the same And he's never kept waiting, 'cause he pays the landlord's wage And the laughs in the late night lock-in Have faded away when he gets in The girl from fifteen years ago Has packed and gone away The laughs in the late night lock-in Have faded away when he gets in The girl from fifteen years ago Has packed and gone away