The Affair

--Verse 1--

I fell in love you know

When I was 10

Her picture hung upon the wall, in the garden of Eden

Well her hair was black and long

And her eyes were deep and blue

And at the age of 43, I spent my life searching for you

As I laid sleep lesson my bed

Her smile would flicker in the light

And as I drifted off to sleep

She's sing these words each night

--Chorus--

I want you to hold me

Yeah I want you to hold me

Cos the lies that they told me

So lie me down and unfold me

I want you to hold me

Yeah I want you to hold me

Down the river they sold me

They beat and they scold me

I want you to

Want you to

Want you to hold me

--Verse 2--

Well I met a girl at the age of 12

We ran away at just 16

Well I rescued her, from a stepmother

I made her the happiest she'd ever been

By 22 we'd had 2 kids

At 24 she took my hand

But on my 30th birthday she sat me down

Said she'd met another man

Well the talk turned to screams and we argued all night

What had it meant then all those years?

But I swear these words were written in her eyes

beneath the wailing and the tears

--Chorus--

--Verse 3--

I lived alone for several years

My life was uncomplicated thing

But then one day, in a local café

I met a waitress who made my heart sing

Well her hair was dark, and her lashes long

And her mind was light as air

And even though she was half my age

Well we just didn't care

But at last I came to realise

That our age might be a splitter

Cos she kept taking selfies on our dates

And then she put these words on Twitter

--Chorus--

--Verse 1--

Friday night and the sun is low

I just left work, I've got no place to go

Joe is busy, Mike is stuck at home

Jeff's not answering the telephone

My footsteps they fall down in front of me

I walk through town now, so aimlessly

There's a pub it's called the "Man at Sea"

And it calls to me

--Chorus--

I step into that bar, I don't know how I feel

That first drink it gets me on an even keel

I feel so high, but it's a long way down

Give me one more round

--Verse 2--

Saturday comes with a heavy rain

I lie in bed, saying "I won't do that again"

Joe is busy, Mike has got the kids

Jeff says he might be free in a little bit

My footsteps they fall down on the bedroom floor

A cup of coffee and I'm out the door

There's a pub it's called "The Second Score"

And it calls to me

--Chorus--

--Bridge--

Round and round just like a ferris wheel

You keep on spinning round

No sooner have your eached the top

You're on your way back down

For one more round….?

--Verse 3--

Sunday morning, still the rain it pours

I wake up upon some stranger's floor

Joe's still busy, Mike's watching Sunday League

Jeff's wife has told him that he can't speak to me

My footsteps they stumble from side to side

They trail behind me I've no place to hide

There's a pub it's called "The Trail of Lies"

And it calls to me

--Verse 1--

In your mind's eye you're sat there, sipping on Ribena

On the passenger side of your Daddy's Ford Cortina

You wanna listen to Abba, he wants to listen Ike and Tina

And to hide your toothless mouth, you smile just like the Mona Lisa

Hundreds and thousands get sprinkled on you ice cream and apple pie

He looks at ya and he tells ya, you're the twinkle in his eye

--Chorus--

…magination

It's your deep intoxication

It's your rehabilitation

Get some rest and recuperation

Isolation

Hibernation

Lay off the liquid medication

Re-hydration

Consternation

Take a ride down to the station

--Verse 2--

You spin around me like some homeless satellite

I'm the fuel and you’re the flame lets set this thing alight

The world is sunk into the dark let's make everything burn bright

The world is blind, lets now bestow upon it second sight

You sprinkle those hundreds and thousands, like you tell your little lies

You say that you've seen Jesus, I say that it's something in your eye

--Chorus--

--Bridge--

I've got a feelin'

That she's got afeelin'

That he's got it under control

I don't wanna linger on it

There's a slab with your name on it

And it's stood above a 6 feet hole

Yeah I'm really pleases to meet ya

Your one hell of a teacher

For a creature with a standard operating procedure

Well I guess it's plain to see

That you've been sipping on my soul

Well I'm sure you'll get the answers, right before the day you die

You think you've seen it all before, from the corner of your eye

--Chorus--

--Verse 1--

You broke my heart before I met you

Oh yeah, you made a fool of me

Take me a life time to forget you

You destroyed a life time of belief

--Verse 2--

I woke up this morning and I felt you

Inside my mind, you stalk like a thief

Take over my body, my mind and I let you

You stole my heart, and my hopes and my dreams

--Verse 3--

You treat me like dirt now, and I let you

You ignored my prayers and my pleas and my grief

What did I do wrong now, did I upset you?

Acknowledge my presence, give me relief

--Chorus--

You made me feel small, though you promised it all

Your profile and pictures and interests we were matched on them all

I summed up my being in 200 words or less

I sent you a message

You never replied

And I now I'm just a total mess

--Bridge--

I guess there are things girl

That are best left unsaid

I guess there are feeling that are

Best left dead

That hole in my heart

That you filled with desire

You took me to the treetops

Made me walk along the wire

--Chorus--

--Verse 1--

--Intro--

There's a river in flood

There's a mountain in rain

There's a river in flood

There's a mountain in rain

And I don’t want to go back again

He came from that region

He said he was Legion

Oh little lover get down

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--Chorus--

There's a river in flood

There's a mountain in rain

And I don’t want to go back again

He came from that region

He said he was Legion

Oh little lover get down

You jumped with both feet in

Your heart took a beatin'

He was on the front row, he paid for premium seating

He scattered your ashes from the east to west

Oh little lover get down

--Verse 1--

So doctor can I get a witness?

A nurse who'll care for my mental fitness

Because I can't unsee the things I've seen

My body is old, my mind's not green

And my soul's not  made from plasticine

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--Chorus--

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--Verse 2--

So someone wake me from this slumber

Say honey can I get your number?

Words for centuries been unsaid

Are sung by voices in my head

A roaring choir of the undead

--Chorus--  

--Verse 1--

With a twist of her hips

She fell into my room

High with tequila

And sweet with perfume

Somewhere in her eyes

I could foretell our doom

But she had persuasions

That I couldn't refuse

That was the night she fell into my room

--Verse 2--

In search of tequila

We took to the street

She whirled like a dervish

So I took my seat

She sang 'oh, just kiss me'

On a luscious repeat

In awe of her spirit

I was swept from my feet

That was the night she fell into my room

--Verse 3--

So we fell for each other

Like young lovers do

Making love in a cupboard

at the works xmas do

We were fierce, free and fearless

And my heart pumped anew

And when she was in pieces

Well I was the glue

That was the night she fell into my room

--Verse 4--

So to marriage and mortgage

And child birth of 2

So to work and career

And trips to the zoo

So the fire turns to embers

And the embers turn blue

And I guess that contentment

Doesn't sit well with you

That was the night she fell into my room

Were we formed in a furnace

Or sticky taped uplike fools

Be it laziness,cowardice,

or the stubbornness of mules

But while the world has divided

We're still stood here us 2

The gods can't explain

How I'm still here with you

Do you remember the night, you fell into my room?

--Verse 1--

We drive into the desert,

No rain for a 100 days or nights,

Turn on the car radio,

Turn off the car lights,

We dance upon the baked earth,

I put my arms around your waist,

You smile and say my lines are cheesy,

My moves all clumsy and full of haste.

--Chorus--

Those pretty city lights,

They dance upon the horizon,

They tremble like the stars,

That reflect in your eyes.

--Verse 2--

I dreamed a dream, I had a vision,

I lived a free and blessed life,

Them I woke on Monday morning,

Held to ransom, 9 to 5,

The pendant dangles from the bracelet,

And does a sweet hypnotic swing,

I may be just another puppet,

But honey you are just the string.

--Chorus--

--Verse 3--

A picture coming from the TV,

A photo in a magazine,

It says there's someone out there for you,

Someone who'll listen and believe,

A thousand hopes and teenage wishes,

A thousand foot stepson the sand,

A thousand faltering first kisses,

A thousand lovers holding hands.

--Chorus--

--Verse 1--

I know you've been waiting

Yeah kneeling in line

I'd like to say that you've been patient

But look at how you've wasted your time

You tried to do good, but you just done bad

Even when you didn't want to

This things a bit one sided honey

It's a bit embarrassing,

I guess I ought to break it to you

--Chorus--

You're waiting, you're waiting,

you're waiting for the sign

Please don't waste your time

I aint coming any time soon

You're waiting, you're waiting

You're waiting for my hand

That is not my plan

You were just a one night stand

--Verse 2--

I know you like to think you're special

Unique in my eyes

The point of all of whole creation

But that's just a lie

I don't want you to suffer

I don't want you to beg

But you're just a stray dog, that's been humping my leg

This thing's a bit one sided honey

It's a bit embarrassing

I guess I ought to break it to you

--Chorus--

--Bridge--

Do you remember when I offered you

Eternity and truth?

Then you spoiled it

When you said you needed proof!

--Chorus--

--Verse 1--

In your mind's eye you're sat there, sipping on Ribena

On the passenger side of your Daddy's Ford Cortina

You wanna listen to Abba, he wants to listen Ike and Tina

And to hide your toothless mouth, you smile just like the Mona Lisa

Hundreds and thousands get sprinkled on you ice cream and apple pie

He looks at ya and he tells ya, you're the twinkle in his eye

--Chorus--

…magination

It's your deep intoxication

It's your rehabilitation

Get some rest and recuperation

Isolation

Hibernation

Lay off the liquid medication

Re-hydration

Consternation

Take a ride down to the station

--Verse 2--

You spin around me like some homeless satellite

I'm the fuel and you’re the flame lets set this thing alight

The world is sunk into the dark let's make everything burn bright

The world is blind, lets now bestow upon it second sight

You sprinkle those hundreds and thousands, like you tell your little lies

You say that you've seen Jesus, I say that it's something in your eye

--Chorus--

--Bridge--

I've got a feelin'

That she's got afeelin'

That he's got it under control

I don't wanna linger on it

There's a slab with your name on it

And it's stood above a 6 feet hole

Yeah I'm really pleases to meet ya

Your one hell of a teacher

For a creature with a standard operating procedure

Well I guess it's plain to see

That you've been sipping on my soul

Well I'm sure you'll get the answers, right before the day you die

You think you've seen it all before, from the corner of your eye

--Chorus--

--Verse 1--

My clothes are in the bag

My bag is in the car

You can take those old magazine

I'll keep this old guitar

We've both been hanging round like we shared a disease

And I can't get no cure from your apologies

All in all we had a pretty good run

--Chorus--

Babe, you know we're done, we're done

Baby, you know we're done

--Verse 2--

I've got a place around the corner

A 2 bedroom flat

If I speak nicely to the landlord

He might let me take a cat

And ever night I can explore my hobbies

And I can choose all of the channels on my supersized " TV

All in all we had a pretty good run

Now you'll find me there in Tescos buying meals for one

--Chorus--

--Verse 3--

I've chosen the décor

a manly monochrome

There'll be no pictures of you on my wall

to decorate my home?

Friends arrive equipped with sympathy

"If there's anything I can do then you must just tell me"

All in all we had a pretty good run

Though internet dating now is acceptable fun

You'll still find me there at Tescos buying meals for one

--Chorus--

--Verse 4--

The marriage ring removed, but kept safe of course

Solicitors engaged to file for divorce

You can come around for coffe or tea

But please don't spoil the mood with your apologies

Cos all in all we had a pretty good run

And though Internet dating is acceptable fun

You'll still find me there in Tescos  

every Wednesday

with my coupons and voucher

in search of 7

low saturated fat

and equating to at least 2 of my 5 a day

'just like mamma made em'

but easy to prepare meals for one

--Chorus--

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--Verse 1--

You broke my heart before I met you

Oh yeah, you made a fool of me

Take me a life time to forget you

You destroyed a life time of belief

--Verse 2--

I woke up this morning and I felt you

Inside my mind, you stalk like a thief

Take over my body, my mind and I let you

You stole my heart, and my hopes and my dreams

--Verse 3--

You treat me like dirt now, and I let you

You ignored my prayers and my pleas and my grief

What did I do wrong now, did I upset you?

Acknowledge my presence, give me relief

--Chorus--

You made me feel small, though you promised it all

Your profile and pictures and interests we were matched on them all

I summed up my being in 200 words or less

I sent you a message

You never replied

And I now I'm just a total mess

--Bridge--

I guess there are things girl

That are best left unsaid

I guess there are feeling that are

Best left dead

That hole in my heart

That you filled with desire

You took me to the treetops

Made me walk along the wire

--Chorus--

--Verse 1--

--Verse 1--

Friday night and the sun is low

I just left work, I've got no place to go

Joe is busy, Mike is stuck at home

Jeff's not answering the telephone

My footsteps they fall down in front of me

I walk through town now, so aimlessly

There's a pub it's called the "Man at Sea"

And it calls to me

--Chorus--

I step into that bar, I don't know how I feel

That first drink it gets me on an even keel

I feel so high, but it's a long way down

Give me one more round

--Verse 2--

Saturday comes with a heavy rain

I lie in bed, saying "I won't do that again"

Joe is busy, Mike has got the kids

Jeff says he might be free in a little bit

My footsteps they fall down on the bedroom floor

A cup of coffee and I'm out the door

There's a pub it's called "The Second Score"

And it calls to me

--Chorus--

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--Verse 3--

Sunday morning, still the rain it pours

I wake up upon some stranger's floor

Joe's still busy, Mike's watching Sunday League

Jeff's wife has told him that he can't speak to me

My footsteps they stumble from side to side

They trail behind me I've no place to hide

There's a pub it's called a "The Trail of Lies"

And it calls to me

--Coda--

Round and round just like a ferris wheel

You keep on spinning round

No sooner have you reached the top

You're on your way back down

For one more round….?

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--Verse 1--

Our eyes they did not meet across a crowded, hazy room

My heart it didn't skip a beat when I first laid eyes on you

But fate took me by the hand and bound me in its twist

I knew there was no turning back from the moment we first kissed

--Chorus--

We were always on the run

We ran so blindly

We 2 were never one

We talked, so silently

Yeah we were on the run together

Running to flee the past

We were never built to last

--Verse 2--

I remember something real

I remember something good

That day in December

Might have been November

Some Sunday afternoon

--Chorus--

--Verse 3--

You were picking photographs

Strewn across the living room

Drinking, dreaming, laughing and believin'

Monday came too soon

Some endings ain't so happy

Some endings sting like hell

Some endings leave you questions

With no answers that you can tell

There's a thousand different things I can't bring myself to say

I can confirm we didn't walk into the sunset

At the end of the day

--Verse 1--

In your mind's eye you're sat there, sipping on Ribena

On the passenger side of your Daddy's Ford Cortina

You wanna listen to Abba, he wants to listen Ike and Tina

And to hide your toothless mouth, you smile just like the Mona Lisa

Hundreds and thousands get sprinkled on you ice cream and apple pie

He looks at ya and he tells ya, you're the twinkle in his eye

--Chorus--

…magination

It's your deep intoxication

It's your rehabilitation

Get some rest and recuperation

Isolation

Hibernation

Lay off the liquid medication

Re-hydration

Consternation

Take a ride down to the station

--Verse 2--

You spin around me like some homeless satellite

I'm the fuel and you’re the flame lets set this thing alight

The world is sunk into the dark let's make everything burn bright

The world is blind, lets now bestow upon it second sight

You sprinkle those hundreds and thousands, like you tell your little lies

You say that you've seen Jesus, I say that it's something in your eye

--Chorus--

--Bridge--

I've got a feelin'

That she's got afeelin'

That he's got it under control

I don't wanna linger on it

There's a slab with your name on it

And it's stood above a 6 feet hole

Yeah I'm really pleases to meet ya

Your one hell of a teacher

For a creature with a standard operating procedure

Well I guess it's plain to see

That you've been sipping on my soul

Well I'm sure you'll get the answers, right before the day you die

You think you've seen it all before, from the corner of your eye

--Chorus--

--Verse 1--

You broke my heart before I met you

Oh yeah, you made a fool of me

Take me a life time to forget you

You destroyed a life time of belief

--Verse 2--

I woke up this morning and I felt you

Inside my mind, you stalk like a thief

Take over my body, my mind and I let you

You stole my heart, and my hopes and my dreams

--Verse 3--

You treat me like dirt now, and I let you

You ignored my prayers and my pleas and my grief

What did I do wrong now, did I upset you?

Acknowledge my presence, give me relief

--Chorus--

You made me feel small, though you promised it all

Your profile and pictures and interests we were matched on them all

I summed up my being in 200 words or less

I sent you a message

You never replied

And I now I'm just a total mess

--Bridge--

I guess there are things girl

That are best left unsaid

I guess there are feeling that are

Best left dead

That hole in my heart

That you filled with desire

You took me to the treetops

Made me walk along the wire

--Chorus--

--Verse 1--

--Chorus--

Rootless, I'm rootless

Rootless and wandering free

Rootless, so rootless

I've got no roots hanging off me

--Verse 1--

So I drive down the track, with just the shirt on my back

And my eyes and my mind on the road

I've got no place I should be, no one's waiting for me

I drive now with no place to go

I've got no mountain of debt, and oh better yet

No mattress stuffed with money or gold

I'm remouldable clay, I've no bills to pay

And I aim to own no more than I hold

--Chorus--

--Verse 2--

Met a girl in a diner, says she left it all behind her

A job and a baby, a husband and a home

As we dine a cheesecake, I think of all the love that we'll make

Maybe I don't want to live out, my life all alone?

So my emotions swell, as we drive to my motel

And we share a sunset made for 2

But I refind my cares, in the curls of your hair

As I find myself falling for you

--Chorus--

--Verse 3--

Sunlight pours through the curtains, I stand, put my shirt on

The clock says aquarter to 2

You say "let's head south to Texas! let's stay naked for breakfast!"

And yes, that's 2 things that I'd like to do

But there's something amiss, despite how sweetly you kiss

And it's the cost of your sweetness I know

Cos that want in your eyes, leads to Compromise

And that's one place, that I don't want to go

--Chorus--

--Verse 4--

Do you wear that rucsac, to put a bomb on your back?

Cos you've a trigger and you're ready to blow

Though I see you're surprised, I tell you no lies

When I say that I need to go

So I drive down the track, with just this shirt on my back

And my eyes and mind on the road

I've got no place I should be, no one's waiting for me

I drive now with no place to go

--Chorus--

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--Verse 1--

My clothes are in the bag

My bag's in the car

You can have those old magazine

I'll take this old guitar

We've both been hanging round like we shared a disease

And I can't get no cure from your apologies

All in all we had a pretty good run

--Chorus--

Babe, you know we're done, we're done

Baby, you know we're done

--Verse 2--

I've got a place around the corner

A 2 bedroom flat

If I speak nicely to the landlord

He might let me take a cat

In the evenings I can explore my hobbies

And I can choose all of the channels on my oversized TV

Despite it all we had a pretty good run

Now you'll find me there in Tescos buying meals for one

--Chorus--

--Verse 3--

I've chosen the décor

a manly monochrome

There'll be no pictures of you on my wall

to decorate my home?

Friends arrive equipped with sympathy

"If there's anything I can do then you must just tell me"

All in all we had a pretty good run

Though internet dating now is acceptable fun

You'll still find me down at Tescos buying meals for one

--Chorus--

--Verse 4--

The marriage ring removed, but kept safe of course

Solicitors engaged to file for divorce

You can come around for biscuits and tea

But please don't spoil the mood with your apologies

Cos all in all we had a pretty good run

And now Internet dating is acceptable fun

You'll still find me there at Tescos  

every Wednesday

buying 7 delicious and nutritious

high protein low saturated fat meals for one

--Chorus--

--Verse 1--

Goddess mother

Descend fromhigh  

Be my lover

Take me inside

Please be gentle

And listen to my plea

All I ever wanted

Was for you to lie with me

--Verse 2--

I need validation

I need to feel your divine love

I need it here beside me

Not out there up above

A lovers kisses

To be all this man can be

All I ever wanted

Was for you to lie with me

--Verse 3--

So love is for the young

And loss is for the old

For all your youthful hopes and dreams

Got left out in the cold

The endless sunless winter

Has brought me to my knees

All I ever wanted

Was for you to lie with me

--Verse 4--

She didn't break my heart

She simply drained it dry

And then she shedded all my tears

So that I couldn't cry

Somehow my heart's now fit to burst

Your blood flows within me

All I ever wanted

Was for you to lie with me

--Verse 6--

Stuck here on this island

Won't you, hear my call

I wail and there's no echo

And it drives me up the wall

I've been bound and gagged and left for dead

Won't you set me free?

All I need is one thing

Won't you lie with me?

--Verse 7--

Mother Mary

Won't you hear my prayer

I know you may not be listening

But I don't even care

I see clearly your vision

An epiphany

My voice it calls for one thing

Won't you lie with me?

--Coda--

Someone raise the alarm

You're immune to my charm

And your love is a mere fantasy

Raise the alarm

You're immune to my charm

And your love is a mere memory

I know I could have loved you

Its a tragedy

Cos all I ever wanted

Was for you to lie with me

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