When Last I Spoke To Carol

[Verse 1]

When last I spoke to Carol I said:

"I can't pretend it gets easier."

She said: "I've hung on, I have edged along this narrow ledge

Since the day I was born in 1975."

[Verse 2]

When last I spoke to Carol I said:

"I can't pretend I feel love for you."

She said: "I've hammered a smile across this pasty face of mine

Since the day I was born in 1975."

[Verse 3]

When I said goodbye to Carol

Black earth upon the casket fell

She had faded to

Something I always knew

To the rescue

Nobody ever comes