l'm from the town drenched in football and rain. that fathered the terrible twins. tom murphy the footballer, playwright and singer. he left to spread his wide wings.
A minor final. In caherlistrane. He was a buffer. I was a sham. I was full forward. He was full back. And we fought each other. To win that match. Now we meet in a Melbourne bar.
Don't you remember the last time we were speeding down this highway?. Anna slept in the back seat, dreaming in the autumn heat.. We turned up the country radio..
When we first got together. You were just turned nineteen. And I'd have never dreamt. All the things I'd seen. All the nights that you'd left me. Standing there like a fool.
I don't know where to go. Ain't no light along the road. stumbling under the stars above. . Somehow feel someone's stare. turn around nobody there. never knowing if I'm all alone.
I don't need anyone. Don't need no mom and dad. Don't need no good advice. Don't need no human race. . But I got some news for you. I don't even needja too.
I called you up to see if maybe we could hang out. And I told you I was nervous and feeling lonely. But I bit my lip and you said yes. . And I thought of how beautiful the night would be.
And I say, "Just go. Please, Dave, just drive. Get us as far as far can be. Get us away from tonight". And I say, "I'm sorry. Didn't mean to yell. I'm having a bad week.
She is a dying dandilion. Floating on the breeze. twirling sweetly in the evening. . She is the stars glowing gorgously. She is the sloping clouds. forever scroling.
Crawling, all alone along the floor,. Woke up this morning,. with a trail of teeth under the door,. I took a wrench to my chest, cracked all my ribs,.
There's a beautiful sky tonight and. if you were by my side then we could share it but your gone.. So come at me with your moon and burn me in the stars.
I never thought I could watch someone come apart. From the insides to outsides. But every day I see strings fall loose. And every day I see hope lost.
My gut is burning. Won't you find me some water?. Hey, just forget it can you bring me gasoline. and collect a couple forks, hold them three feet apart.
Hammer nails into my eyes. now I'll never notice. when you're staring at the ground. wishing that you didn't know. what I'm really thinking. you won't even look at me now.
Let me take this awkward saw, run it against your thighs. Cut some flesh away, I'll carry this piece of you with me. So I can say tonight is that I hate you, it would be all right.
Let's call it off. All my veins are tangled up, tied. If you coud see into me. I've had enough of the games. . In knots and my heart beats slowly now,.
I'm sitting here and I'm all alone. the yelling keeps me company 'cause mom and dad have forgotten how to love one another. now the tensions getting thick and mommy's running out the door.
Every day seems the same to me. I sit around and think about how alone I feel. Then I wind up rather enjoying loneliness. Because it's the comfort of being sad.
And I will flail under these lights that seep down from the bitter sky tonight. and I will kick and beat my wrists together and feel an ocean breathing waves, feel them licking at my face..
And I grew up on alcoholic evenings. And slow jazz music to keep my heart beating. 'Cause after all that happens in a dissolving family. The need for a song to sing me to sleep still rings true.