Clover

A composite poem, an Exquisite Corpse.

Everywhere we go you tell people that it’s my birthday

Now they’re singing to me at the bar again

They’re singing out my name

And you’re grinning like a villain and giving me a wink cos you’d do anything to see me blush and nobody minds a free drink

I don’t have to be lucky anymore, I don’t have to be lucky anymore and instead of I love you I say I really like talking to you

Well I just really like talking to you

And instead of I love you, you reply that

I like walking around in the daytime with you! Well I could walk around this dirty old town all day with you

Everywhere we go you tell the waiter that you’re about to propose so if they wouldn’t mind dimming the lights while the champagne flows

And oh god here come more flowers

You know, you’re such a good actor

Now there’s strangers taking pictures cos we’re such a lovely young couple

Don’t we look good together, don’t we look right together

Everywhere we go, you take a photo just in case we get real old and we want to show the youngins how we dressed when we were bold

Crossing over Sunset with your arm l looped around my waist

I think that’s when I knew that I made it to the right time and the right place

For you, it was a little earlier

What can I say, I’m always slow

Your friend took a flash of us and said You look like somebody’s parents here, you know

All I know is all I know is all I know is

I don’t have to be lucky anymore

I don’t have to be lucky anymore

I don’t have to be lucky anymore

And instead of I love you I say that I want to only wake up next to you

Well I only really want to wake up next to you

And instead of I love you, you reply that I wanna make breakfast with you

Well I just really wanna make breakfast with you

I wanna make a movie with you, wanna read your books and dreamscapes too

Hey well listen I think one of each would be cute

Hey listen I think I want to raise little babies with you

I’m not running away, I’m not running anywhere

Now that I don’t need to