THE LIGHTS OF THE BARS GLOW BRIGHTLY
IN THIS QUIET TOWN
THE REGULARS HOLDING COURT, HOSTILE, SHARING JOKES,
GETTING A FEW DRINKS DOWN
IN THE CORNER THE UNDER-AGED BOYS NURSE THEIR PINTS
SEARCH FOR CHANGE TO BUY ONE LAST BEER
A TRIP REAL, OR OTHERWISE, TO GET THEM OUT OF HERE
SUZY STANDS SHIVERING IN THE SHADOWS
DREAMING OF BIG CITY LIGHTS AND DAYS GONE BY
THE GLITZ AND GLAMOUR OF HER OLD LIFE
BUSTLING CLUBS AND HAZY NIGHTS
ALL LEFT BEHIND WHEN HER BOYFRIEND GOT DRUNK
TURNED HER LIFE UPSIDE DOWN
NOW LIVING WITH A LOCAL LAD IN A TWO-ROOMED CELL
IN THE REALITY OF COMING HOme
PAUL LIVES WITH HIS PARENTS HAS NO JOB
AND SITS WATCHING THE TELLY ALL DAY
HE'S NEVER BEEN BOTHERED ABOUT MOVING ON
IT'S JUST EASIER THIS WAY
HE'S ALWAYS LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
NEVER SHIES FROM A FIGHT
COMING HOME IN A BLOOD-SOAKED T-SHIRT
with NEVER A WOUND IN SIGHT
IAN ALWAYS WISHED THAT HE HAD STEPPED OUT
AT LEAST ONCE
FROM HIS MECHANIC LIFe
STRAIGHT FROM SCHOOL INTO THE FAMILY BUSINESS
PASSED DOWN THROUGH THREE GENERATIONS
NOW HE SITS HOLDING HALF-PINT IN A PINT GLASS
AS HE CAN'T STOP SHAKING
ALWAYS GIVING ADVICE TO THE LADS IN THE CORNER
HE BARKS "THE ENDLESS NEATLY PLOUGHED FIELDS AND ROWS AND ROWS OF PYLONS
CANNOT HOLD YOU IN, BUT CAN'T COMPETE WITH YOUR ATTITUDE
AND THE SMALL-TOWN MENTALITY YOU WERE BROUGHT UP WITH"
NIGHT AFTER NIGHT HE SITS
NIGHT AFTER NIGHT HE BARKS
NIGHT AFTER NIGHT....................
