red couch

you even remembered the red couch cover
and though I never told you
you somehow knew that it was over

and you tell me the pain you can see in my eyes
that you know it so well
you don’t ever know why
but baby, this pain, you shouldn’t know
baby, this pain, you should’t know at all

I drove you back the night before I took off
may only be a fortnight
but you seeing me off…

well it felt like dying
felt like growing up, too
but at your expense
so unfair to you
cos baby, these goodbyes, you shouldn’t know
baby, these goodbyes, you shouldn’t know at all

you insisted we go to say goodbye to our old house
it made us a family, you and me, that house…

and I wish that I could give you more than I do
I wish that your time wasn’t split in two
and baby, I know you want that too
baby, I know you want that too

and you tell me the pain
well it’s still in my eyes
that you know me too well
I’ve got nowhere to hide
but baby, this pain should only be mine
baby, this pain should only be mine
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am colin-clegg: vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards