I fell out of bed on a Sunday Opened my eyelids and then Opened my curtains and then Opened my window and yelled: "If this is all that we're here for Then I'd rather be somewhere else What do you mean, there's nowhere else?" Are we just fooling ourselves? There's nothing There's nothing A tabby approached as I pondered Drinking coffee on the step Drinking can help me forget ...what was it that I just said? Oh yes - a tabby approached me Quizzed me with infinite eyes Patiently heard my replies Then purred, with a nod to the skies: "There's nothing, and you're nothing..." So now the tabby has left me And I'm sitting here on my own Sitting here outside my home But now my coffee is cold What did he mean when he motioned His head to the grey clouds above? "We're not here for long, so just love Every minute, because We're nothing... Just nothing."

On old Becketts' sofa Tired, hungover She nestled in my arms A round of toast and A mug of tea in my hand I couldn't feel more calm So comfortable and close at our friendship's start I wanted to marry her then Marry her there and then On a Sheffield platform Cuddling to keep warm She kissed me full and long And she so won over My parents and my brother It never once felt wrong These times I wonder how we ever drifted so apart I want to share a bed with her Wake up late with messy hair The coffee cups and cats appearing round the door She's the girl I wished for And she's the girl I miss more She's down in London now I hope she's following her heart I want to share a bed with her Wake up late with messy hair The coffee cups and cats appearing round the door She's the girl I wished for I want to share a bed with her Wake up late with messy hair The cats and coffee cups covering the floor She's the girl I wished for And she's the girl I miss more On old Becketts' sofa Tired, hungover She nestled in my arms...

You don’t say But I know that you like me And I don’t mind If you say that you don’t think about me That’s just fine But if you say you think your boyfriend’s holding you back Well take a trip with me today I’ve got a lunch all packed We can walk along the seafront We can dance around the fountain We can hold hands at the fairground We can cuddle in the mountain rain And when we come home late at night, well if you still want him that’s just fine But I don’t believe you will People say that they see a connection between our lives Yesterday I could see the reflection in your eyes They said they think you think your boyfriend’s holding you back Well, take a trip with me today I’ve got a lunch all packed We can walk along the seafront We can dance around the fountain We can hold hands at the fairground We can cuddle in the mountain rain And when we come home late at night, well if you still want him that’s just fine But I don’t believe you will...

That lampshade is too dark Blocks out our inner sun How can we see to progress? To know how far we’ve come? Going through the motions Pretending that we’re fine Show our face in public Our friends are none the wise Going through the motions An inevitable decline Maybe it’s just time I’ll leave this key behind me You know just what it fits If you want to unlock it It’s yours to take the risk Going through the motions Pretending that we’re fine Keep up an appearance Just waiting to resign Going through the motions Another glass of wine Maybe it’s just time...

We fell into friendship Through mutual respect She came out of nowhere Went straight to my head Our interests were similar, superficially At least initially, something within her Was loveable, loveable, loveable From up close From up close We fell into friendship And little much else And after a year I Crawled back to my shelf Overfamiliar She felt me to be Lost all mystery I couldn't be her Loverboy loverboy loverboy From so close From so close This was not what I'd been dreaming of I thought we'd make it to True Love This was not what I'd been dreaming of I felt certain that she felt the same way as me But I wasn't close We fell out of friendship I regret it now I confessed my feelings And she cut me out We're no longer talking I've not seen her for Eighteen months or more Still in my head we're walking Arm in arm, arm in arm, arm in arm So close So close

I thought that we’d agreed an end to hostilities So why have you still got my number on speed? Is this only tea and biscuits, or something more planned? Often seduction is not what it seems But when all your favourite films and songs still hurt yet turn me on – fuck you It’s nigh on impossible for us to get along – fuck you Please don’t try to resurrect what should be dead and gone Our love was no sacred cow I thought that you’d figured that out You came – too late to banish traces of who began Some destination this turned out to be Please don’t try to expound on theories you’ve read about You’ve had your fun but now you’d better leave ‘Cause when all your favourite films and songs still hurt yet turn me on – fuck you It’s nigh on impossible for us to get along – fuck you Please don’t try to resurrect what should be dead and gone Our love was no sacred cow I thought that you’d figured that out Whose piss-poor casting brought us together as leads? ‘Scuse me for asking, but no-one believed We’d ever succeed So quit it, quit with your insipid shit-eating grin This was no comedy written for screen ‘Cause when all your favourite films and songs still hurt yet turn me on – fuck you It’s nigh on impossible for us to get along – fuck you Please don’t try to resurrect what should be dead and gone Our love was no sacred cow I thought that you’d figured that out No way was this ever how we were supposed to play out.

What is it that makes you cough so much In the shower every morning, dearest love? I know you’re not smoking any more So is this some kind of warning we’d be foolish to ignore?   If there’s some dark disquiet in your head Where happiness has never made its bed Or if it’s something that I’ve done I’m not too good at noticing So tell me if I’m aggravating What is it that gets you so uptight When your jaw clicks in the middle of the night? If I could unwind you to your feet As the temperature dissolves us into summer’s sweaty sheets   You’re scratching at your eyes when you’re asleep You're picking at your fingers with your teeth These nervous tics do worry me But I know we're prone to bottling So tell me what you find frustrating Despite all this I love you ENDLESSLY And I get the feeling you're in love with me I hope I haven't misread you But I know that I can be improved So ask of me all that you want to.

Will this be our last night together? I see the sheets flag a surrender 'Cause there's nothing more to see And nothing more to say We've got nothing in between And less at either end Instead of crying or going ballistic I just covered my ears and claimed I missed it Do you not want boyfriends, or is it ME you don't want? I'm just not sure I'm fit for being in love Now there's nothing more to see And nothing more to say When we've got nothing in between And less at either end I thought that we would last forever...

You’ve still half your drink left But we’ve run out of time So you’ll go to your house and I’ll go to mine And I’m trying to say something that doesn’t just sound like a line But nothing comes to mind. Dissecting our story this evening cast me in harsher light You said you felt for me more than I for you, and we both know you’re right How can I reply to those charges without sounding unkind? Nothing comes to mind Nothing comes to mind I never knew how to react The moment that you beckoned me back I was wrong in accepting In leading you on like that But it wasn’t planned You’ve still half your drink left But we’ve run out of time So you’ll go to your house and I’ll go to mine…