I swing my legs from the wicker chair
Holding pictures from a love affair
I curse missed opportunities
You took my smile away from me
Now suddenly I’ve been released
From hammering in Ancient Greece
Carving statues into stone
Walking them through Jack Frost’s home
I see that you’ve got all you need
That’s one thing where we both agree
I’ve watched you sail across the sea
Goodbye Miss Hospitality
Don’t come to me with your white flag
Too many times it’s come to that
You took the apple from the tree
You knew that it meant losing me
As the morning sun breaks through
The world’s alive in red and blue
You’ll find yourself on distant shores
With the same old baggage as before
Oh no, can’t you see?
I’m everything you want to be
“Take your leave,” I said to her
“Don’t call me from America.”
credits
from The Art of Anticipation,
released June 4, 2012
Written by Matthew Taylor and Samuel Taylor
Engineered and produced by John Redgrave at
The Bear Pit Studios, Sheffield and engineered, mixed, arranged and produced by Dave Sanderson, Alan Smyth and Dead Like Harry at 2fly Studios, Sheffield.
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