As we stumble
Like fools
Across
The dancefloor
I can’t help
But wonder
Who wants
This more
"All my life's buried here, heap earth upon it"
As we stumble
Like fools
Across
The dancefloor
I can’t help
But wonder
Who wants
This more
Thank the lord
Friday’s here
Time for a cig
And a soothing beer
As I know full well
When the weekend comes
It’ll be more time spent
In the doldrums
With the cèilidh danced
And whisky swirled
Now we’ve got all
The time in the world
“Love…
The kind you clean up with a mop and bucket”
‘Oh, how can I forget you?
When there is always something there to remind me…’
‘Sometimes I forget I’m still awake
I fuck up and say these things out loud…’
‘Will you search through the lonely earth for me?
Climb through the briar and bramble…’
‘You don’t want me now
But I’m gonna change your mind
Someway, somehow, oh baby…’
‘I’ll take you up to the highest heights
Let’s spread our wings and fly away’
‘All my tears have been used up
On another love….’
‘Y’all don’t wanna hear me, you just wanna dance…’
“And so, I checked all the registered historical facts
And I was shocked into shame to discover
How I’m the 18th pale descendant
Of some old queen or other”
‘You want it
You’ve got it
You took it all from me
My cheque book, my wallet
My pride and dignity…’
‘Some things are more important than ability’
Advert for a young guitar player, NME, 1989
‘I was born standing up
And talking back’
‘If I saw you again I’d smile,
But I’d say don’t call me baby…’
‘In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry you make it double’
‘Head’s in a whirlpool
Spinnin’ round and round
If she don’t get her man back
She’s gonna drown’
‘Jesus died for somebody’s sins
But not mine’
‘The curiousness of your potential kiss
Has got my mind and body aching’
‘There ain’t nothing in the woodshed
(except maybe some wood)’
‘Toe to toe
Dancing very close
Barely breathing
Almost comatose’
“The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.”
– Johnny Marr
‘Say, we can go where we want to
A place where they will never find
And we can act like we come
From out of this world
Leave the real one far behind’
In the shadows
Is where we’ll meet
To forever dance
Cheek to cheek
‘Hold me in your arms…
I wanna be your only possession’
‘And if all this world’s a cake
Then you took too big a slice’
‘Let your feelings slip boy
But never your mask boy’
That summer with you was glorious.
I was young, fearless and eager to learn.
You were older, wiser and willing to teach.
I can still recall that first night. You grabbed my hand and whispered ‘Come with me’.
We sailed past the doormen and into the club. I remember that heady mix of beer in plastic glasses, cigarette smoke and pounding bass lines in darkened alcoves.
We danced all night as those songs played and we lost ourselves in each other.
That summer was twenty two years ago, but it feels like it was yesterday.
Thank You.
For JH.
(Originally Posted 24.03.2019)
‘I know…
You were…
Way too bright for me’
‘We are far too young and clever…’
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