Towing the Line
Towing the line
I watch the host drink all the wine
And now she rambles through the who and who of night
The old man is a painter
Of tired seascapes, tired of adventure
So my mind wanders, picking at the table to cure the wrong
Like a bird in a world with no trees
You were hung up there in your disbelief
I know Im a hard rock to drag around
Love is in the early mornings
In the shadows under the trees
Not in the cuckolded ashes floating down from the rookery
Down here I crow for you, you crow for me
Down here I crow for you, you crow for me
Towing the line
I watch the host drink all the wine
And now Im purring for a drop of anything
Throwing stones at your window
You turn to me as if it's simple
Why cant you be like the blackbird and sing
I say Im the Westerlies in Ireland
So decadent and violent
Cant you see Im a forager crawling at the bedrock
Love is in the early mornings
In the shadows under the trees
Not in the cuckolded ashes floating down from the rookery
Down here I crow for you, you crow for me
Down here I crow for you, you crow for me
