Maidstone

Supermarket lights burn in the darkness The chilly winter nights bring the scarves from the drawer A crowd starts to gather on paving stone squares Teeth start to chatter as the staff leave the store And daughters meet mothers and fathers meet sons It's too dark to walk home without anyone The shopping precinct's closed, it's like a graveyard The chain falls through the spokes as I unlock my bike I cycle to the pub where I meet with my friends And I know that it's love as she pours me my pint And strangers meet strangers and friends share their lives I look at her again and feel butterflies I pull the pillow to my side And I imagine it is her As I slip into the night I know what I prefer But I hope and I pray that one day she will say That's it's true I can't live without loving you Now there's no one around I push the bike home The rain's a lovely sound as it runs down the path There's our lights in the road, they amber the night And there's nobody home, so I soak in the bath And bubbles meet bubbles as they become one I think about the world and what I have done I pull the pillow to my side And I imagine it is her As I slip into the night I know what I prefer But I hope and I pray that one day she will say That's it's true I can't live without loving you Supermarket lights burn in the darkness