Breaking Bread Lyrics - Del Amitri - Del Amitri

All day long, sweeping up the dead pigeons 

From the pavement after the long dim dawn 

He remembered how she pulled him 

From disaster into laughter 

Well, it didn't take long for him to be consumed 

And he turned around and said as her caressing resumed 

"We once were close but now we're both marooned 

And what was once a stirring melody is now a distant tune" 

She said, "You angel, you flower, you're powerful" 

But he felt no feelings but his head, hot, and belly, full 

And basking in the sun, he only feels a gas fire 

And he sees no apparent difference 

Between the chimney and the church spire 

He says, "This garden of roses 

Is overgrown with weeds 

And where the great west river flows 

I can see nothing but pebbles and reeds"