The Leisure Society

Sitting on a beach declaring my intentions Trying to find a way to focus your affection In a matter of time I know I'll find it In a matter of time I know I'll find it Here's another name to add to your collection She lacks in desire when I lack in d

So what's in the back of your little red book And why do you smile when you know I'm done? There's bay on the air and a lazy old sun To keep the heap in every inkling A forest fire sideways thinking The trick's all tried A thousand times To wrestle d

When you're saved by the ring of the bell, Is it hard to relax when you're told that you can never fail? Has the spit that you spit from your teeth Been replaced by a taste that has all but lost its novelty, You don't need to change, You just need fi

In silence we shall sit Contemplating everything The world and how we came to be Alone aboard the ark The same thoughts every night Bathed in cold fluorescent light If this is it then what a ride, Wake me when it's through. To have it all and seize t

Wait all year For the parting shot For the epilogue For the moment when it stops And the days fade away In no doubt As I leave this town I will not return For I haven't got the room In my head For these things And America Seems an awful long way to g