DROP AWAY

JOHNNY’S LATE TO THE TABLE 
HE KICKS AT HIS CHAIR AND WINDS UP HIS STARE 
SALLY’S HEAD’S IN THE GARDEN IT’S CALMER OUT THERE 
WHERE THE DAFFODILS CARE

IN THE GARDEN THE VINES HAVE STARTED 
TO CREEP TOWARDS THE FACADE
AND THOUGH SHE PULLS THEM SHE JUST UNSPOOLS THEM 
TO SLITHER UP THE LAWN

SHE WOULD PLANT A NEW TREE 
IF THE GROUND COULD AGREE
AND THE SEED HADN’T SUNK IN A VASE

ITS A STRANGE SCENE TO LIVE A SILENT MOVIE 
ALL THE BIRDS AND THE BEES 
CAST THEIR LIES AND DECEIT 

ITS A STRANGE WAY HOW IT SWIRLS DOWN THE DRAIN 
AND THERE’S NOTHING TO SAY 
WHEN THERE’S HAPPINESS ONE DROP AWAY 

SALLY PARADES HER NEW JEWELS TO KEEP UP HER POISE 
THE GIRLS NEED MORE TOYS 
JOHNNY GRABS HIS NEXT BOTTLE 
TO DROWN OUT THE NOISE BOYS WILL BE BOYS 

IN THE BOTTLE HE BUILS A MODEL SHIP TO SAIL AWAY
A YELLOW TRAWLER ANOTHER SWALLOW 
TO TOAST THE CASTAWAY 


BUT ITS HARDER TO STEER 
WHEN THE WALLS DISAPPEAR
AND THERES NO ONE LEFT TENDING THE WHEEL 


ITS A STRANGE SCENE TO LIVE A SILENT MOVIE 
ALL THE BIRDS AND THE BEES 
CAST THEIR LIES AND DECEIT 
ITS A STRANGE WAY HOW IT SWIRLS DOWN THE DRAIN 
AND THERE’S NOTHING TO SAY 
WHEN THERE’S HAPPINESS ONE DROP AWAY


ALL THE BETTER DAYS RECALLED
BEFORE SPIRITS ROAMED THESE HALLS 
AND THEIR WORDS TURN BITTER 

PROMISE SEALED UP IN A JAR 
AND BURRIED IN THEIR YARD
TO SOUR AS THE DAYS JUST DROP AWAY 
                          

ITS WITHOUT WARNING THE STORM STARTS POURING
TO HAMMER ON THE YARD 
NO TIME FOR MOURNING JUST KEEP IGNORING
ITS TIME TO CHANGE THE GAURD 


AND ITS EASY TO FAKE 
WHEN THERES HANDS LEFT TO SHAKE
ITS EASY TO SELL
WHEN THERES LIES LEFT TO TELL
ITS COZY AND SNUG 
WITH YOUR HEAD IN THE DRUM 
AND YOUR FEET HANGING OUT IN THE  RAIN 


ITS A STRANGE SCENE TO LIVE A SILENT MOVIE 
ALL THE BIRDS AND THE BEES 
CAST THEIR LIES AND DECEIT 
ITS A STRANGE WAY HOW IT SWIRLS DOWN THE DRAIN 
AND THERE’S NOTHING TO SAY 
WHEN THERE’S HAPPINESS ONE DROP AWAY