Lonely Town

Under my midnight sun
I’m coming undone
I used to stare at the stars
Now I’m cold as a stone
I’m a long way from home

I’m always thinking too much
Losing my touch
Dreams of days long gone by
As I kiss her goodnight
There’s a fear I can’t fight

So I’ve got to leave this lonely town
So fast my feet don’t touch the ground
And I pray my time will finally come
‘Cause I’m still holding on
Yeah I’m still holding on

I thought that she was the one
It’s a web that we’ve spun
A million steps I retrace
To a fear I can’t face
And I’m losing my faith

So I’ve got to leave this lonely town
So fast my feet don’t touch the ground
And I pray my time will finally come
‘Cause I’m still holding on
Yeah I’m still holding on

If you miss me when I’m gone
Picture me where I belong
Pick your feet up and be strong
Say you will
Think of me from time to time
Hold the memories in your mind
Say you will
Say you will
Say you will
Say you will (say you will)

Leave this lonely town
So fast my feet don’t touch the ground
And I pray my time will finally come
‘Cause I’m still holding on
Yeah I’m still holding on
I’m still holding on
Yeah I’m still holding on

Libertine

She spoke in broken English by the sea
Wishing wells of fate and prophecy
We smoked and drank too much
Made our own pornography
I got stung for a little while with my libertine

Hey Kat where’d you go?
I hope you finally make it home where you long to be
My libertine
Hey Kat where’d you go
I wonder if you know what you mean to me
My libertine

She was a little nomadic
Never stayed for long
Searching for a place she could belong
But something in her eyes betrayed
A sadness in the part she played
Behind the mask of my sweet libertine

Hey Kat where’d you go?
I hope you finally make it home where you long to be
My libertine
Hey Kat where’d you go
I wonder if you know what you mean to me
My libertine

Something got a hold of me
I spent two long weeks with my Danish queen
She had my heart in her hands
And I loved her like the sun
Before the day was done
But as we lay upon the sand
I felt her slip right through my hands

Hey Kat where’d you go?
I hope you finally make it home where you long to be
My libertine
Hey Kat where’d you go
I wonder if you know what you mean to me
My libertine
My libertine
My libertine

Way Back When

I don’t recognise this world anymore
Some nights I dream of ’84
I miss the way we used to live
I’m homesick for a place that no longer exists

And I’ll find a way
To get back to that day
Way back when
We were together again
Together, together again

Friday night trips to the video shop (I didn’t want those days to stop)
Down at the record store where I bought my first song (Doctor, Doctor)
Danced to Chaka Khan on Top of the Pops (I feel for you)
We never knew how good it was ‘til it was gone

Way back when
We were together again
When the world felt like home
And time was our own
We were together, together again

As we walked still half asleep
Slipped into a digital sea
We drifted oh so deep
Now we spend our days apart
Tapping screens with broken hearts
And falling out of time

Way back when
We were together again
In our golden days
Not a thing in our way
We were together, together again

Called my first love on a landline phone
Laid awake dreaming of walking her home
Every moment still feels the same
I would give anything to do it all again

Golden Sands

If I seemed so lost at sea
It’s only ‘cause I sensed your loss of time for me
And I read your mail on a jealousy streak
To find the words you spoke when you weren’t lying to me
(Or so I thought)

But the drugs made me so crazy
Looking back I realise I was paranoid
So desperate not to lose your love
I lost myself
And started to erode your trust, in me

Golden sands
The world beneath our feet
Soaked in sun
So careless and complete
We drove 8,000k
Crossed the desert in a week
Before you had to leave the country, and me

But we were reunited
And you came half a world to be back home with me
But the demons never left my side
They tortured me
In the end I had to let you go, to be free

Golden sands
The world beneath our feet
Soaked in sun
We fell to our knees
On golden sands
We swam under the moon
Drank ‘til light
And slept ‘til noon
We drove 8,000k
Crossed the desert in a week
Lived on an island
Where we danced like gods of the sun
And we lay upon the sand
Not a need to even speak
These memories are mine to keep

Ghost of You

Dreaming in my lonesome head
Memories of the things she said
Ringing in my ears like yesterday
Conjuring a love so many years away

I guess I never did forget
How I let you slip away
Far too young to know what we were worth
Feeling like it was our final day on earth

But I sense the time has come
I can lay you down to rest
Now I finally feel I’m moving on
I can leave the ghost of you where you belong

Who Owns The Moon?

In writing…