Aberdeen 1987

(Telephone message)

Hey you

Do you remember me?

Fifteen sitting in a graveyard

Talking about the history

Are you sleeping well at night ?

Your eyes are closed

And the windows down

But your thoughts are not in flight

Let the girl sleep off her pain

Her thoughts collide like waves

A voice is in her head

And this is what it says:

I'm your new best friend

Yeah I'm your new haircut

Yeah I'm the alcohol

That burns down your neck

And into your gut

And now it's cold outside

And your screams are loud

And I'm trying to wrap up

I find it hard

As I stumble to the ground

Hey you

Do you remember me ?

Seventeen lying on a bed

Now we're making history

Did you hear the news today ?

I'm leaving home

With the letter torn

Straight from an empty case

Let the families say goodbye

On such a withered night

The boy will learn to talk

And Simon won't hide

I'm your new best friend

Yeah I'm your new haircut

Yeah I'm the alcohol

That burns down your neck

And into your gut

And now it's cold outside

And your screams are loud

And I'm trying to wrap up

I find it hard

As I stumble to the ground

Hey you

Do you still think of me ?

Nineteen sitting on a beach

Clutching a bottle of history

Are you still singing songs at night?

I heard that one that you wrote

For me

How can false words sound so pretty ?

Let the voice out their pain

Let the dreams just slip away

Let the liars howl at night

Under darkened lamplight

I'm your new best friend

Yeah I'm your new haircut

Yeah I'm the alcohol

That burns down your neck

And into your gut

And now it's cold outside

And your screams are loud

And I'm trying to wrap up

I find it hard as I stumble to the ground